chump
Because it is a word with a single syllable, chump is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofchump
- To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
Example: "The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp."
- (Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
- An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
Example: "That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground."
- A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
Example: "It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump."
- The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
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