Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stump
Participle: stumpped
Gerund: stumpping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stump |
| you | stump |
| he;she;it | stumps |
| we | stump |
| you | stump |
| they | stump |
Perfect
| I | have stumpped |
| you | have stumpped |
| he;she;it | has stumpped |
| we | have stumpped |
| you | have stumpped |
| they | have stumpped |
Past
| I | stumpped |
| you | stumpped |
| he;she;it | stumpped |
| we | stumpped |
| you | stumpped |
| they | stumpped |
Pluperfect
| I | had stumpped |
| you | had stumpped |
| he;she;it | had stumpped |
| we | had stumpped |
| you | had stumpped |
| they | had stumpped |
Future
| I | will stump |
| you | will stump |
| he;she;it | will stump |
| we | will stump |
| you | will stump |
| they | will stump |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stumpped |
| you | will have stumpped |
| he;she;it | will have stumpped |
| we | will have stumpped |
| you | will have stumpped |
| they | will have stumpped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stump |
| you | stump |
| he;she;it | stump |
| we | stump |
| you | stump |
| they | stump |
Perfect
| I | have stumpped |
| you | have stumpped |
| he;she;it | have stumpped |
| we | have stumpped |
| you | have stumpped |
| they | have stumpped |
Imperfect
| I | stumpped |
| you | stumpped |
| he;she;it | stumpped |
| we | stumpped |
| you | stumpped |
| they | stumpped |
Pluperfect
| I | had stumpped |
| you | had stumpped |
| he;she;it | had stumpped |
| we | had stumpped |
| you | had stumpped |
| they | had stumpped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stump |
| you | would stump |
| he;she;it | would stump |
| we | would stump |
| you | would stump |
| they | would stump |
Perfect
| I | would have stumpped |
| you | would have stumpped |
| he;she;it | would have stumpped |
| we | would have stumpped |
| you | would have stumpped |
| they | would have stumpped |
Imperative
| you | stump |
| we | Let's stump |
| you | stump |
Verbs conjugated like 'stump'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stump'
slump,
stamp,
stomp,
stum,
sump,
tump,
bump,
chump,
clump,
crump,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English stumpe, stompe (“stump”), from or akin to Middle Low German stump (“stump”) or Middle Dutch stomp, from Old Saxon or Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump, blunt, part cut off”). Displaced native Old English stofn.
2. Cognate with Middle Dutch stomp (“stump”), Old High German stumph (“stump”) (German Stumpf), Old Norse stumpr (“stump”). More at stop.
Sample Sentences
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This last question has me stumped.
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He’s been stumping for that reform for months.
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Freedom was in the air this spring, when millionaire philosopher Ivan Kramberger stumped the countryside on a platform of Slovenian independence and social welfare. [1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 120:]
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A herd of boys with clamour bowled, / And stumped the wicket. [1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Prologue”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:]
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Mrs Dibble made for the kitchen, stumping violently with her crutches and heaving her bulk along with the obvious determination to submerge her wrongs by resorting to the gin-bottle. [1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150:]