how to pronounce chump

/ˈtʃʌmp/

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chump is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of chump in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… senator chump scott has the support of …”

meanings of chump

noun:

A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.

verb:

Dated form of chomp.

chump frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word chump occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics chump can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that chump can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;