STUMP

Stump

Stump is a term used in the sport of cricket where it has three meanings, part of the wicket, a manner of dismissing a batsman and the end of the day's play .

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stump

Noun

  1. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
  2. The place where a campaign takes place.
  3. An occasion at which the campaign takes place.
  4. One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
  5. An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conte crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
  6. A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
  7. A leg.
    to stir one's stumps
  8. A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
  9. A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.

Verb

  1. to stop, confuse, or puzzle
  2. to baffle; to be unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
    ''This last question has me stumped.
  3. to campaign
    He’s been stumping for that reform for months.
  4. to travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes
  5. to get a batsman out stumped
  6. to bowl down the stumps of (a wicket)
  7. to walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge


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