plural chumps
informal
: a person who is easily tricked : a stupid or foolish person
When you get down to it, he's a sucker. A chump. He's spent more time and money on me in six weeks than all the men I've known put together.—
Terry McMillan
see also chump change
Terry McMillanExamples of chump in a Sentence
the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump
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Dutton is reluctant at first but soon unleashes his fists on two chumps to the tune of $420.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Who think that kindness, tolerance and sacrifice aren’t strictly for chumps.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
Precedents are for chumps: Both think conventional, polite, rule-following CEOs and leaders are suckers and conformists.
—Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
My advice: make everyone in government a hero rather than a chump, then challenge them to change.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Who think that kindness, tolerance and sacrifice aren’t strictly for chumps.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
Precedents are for chumps: Both think conventional, polite, rule-following CEOs and leaders are suckers and conformists.
—Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
My advice: make everyone in government a hero rather than a chump, then challenge them to change.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for chump
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“Chump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chump. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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