Stump

  • 41Stump — Recorded in many forms, this is a surname of confused nationality. It may be English but with French origins, English with German origins, or German or French and Flemish. The spellings include Stamp, Stamps, Stemp, Stempe, Stump, Stumphouse… …

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  • 42stump — noun Stump is used before these nouns: ↑speech Stump is used after these nouns: ↑tree …

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  • 43stump up — PHRASAL VERB If you stump up a sum of money, you pay it, often unwillingly. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] Customers do not have to stump up any cash for at least four weeks. [Also V P] Syn: cough up …

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  • 44stump up — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms stump up : present tense I/you/we/they stump up he/she/it stumps up present participle stumping up past tense stumped up past participle stumped up British to give money, often without wanting to… …

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  • 45stump — [stʌmp] noun [C] I 1) the part of a tree that is left above the ground after it has been cut off at the base 2) the remaining part of someone s arm, leg, or finger after the rest is cut off 3) one of the three sticks that you try to hit in the… …

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  • 46stump up — Meaning Pay a debt. Origin From horse dealing where money is put onto a wooden post (stump) to display good faith in a cash deal …

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  • 47stump — stÊŒmp n. section of a tree trunk remaining in the ground after the tree has fallen or been cut down; artificial leg; heavy footstep; remaining part (of a limb, tooth etc.); figurative platform for political speeches; (Slang) short fat person v.… …

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  • 48stump — verb we could never stump Mr. Marlowe with our riddles Syn: baffle, perplex, puzzle, confuse, confound, defeat, put at a loss; informal flummox, throw, floor, discombobulate …

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  • 49stump — n 1. trunk, stem, stalk; remnant, remains; stub, end, butt, tail end, tail, dock. 2. heavy footfall or footstep, clump, clunk, thud, thump; tramp, stomping, lumbering. 3. hustings, campaign trail, rubber chicken circuit; podium, dais, speaker s… …

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  • 50stump — kelmas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Apatinė medžio kamieno dalis su šaknimis, liekanti nupjovus kamieną. atitikmenys: angl. stub; stump vok. Stubbe, f; Stumpf, m rus. пень, m …

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