stumping

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English

Definitions

verb

To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.“This last question has me stumped.”
To campaign.“He’s been stumping for that reform for months.”
To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.

noun

The act of somebody being stumped.

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Synonyms

campaign tree stump soapbox stamp stomp mix up rostrum dais podium pulpit ambo stump camera strike gardening off stump stroke middle stump

Associated

stumped laker arrears wicket catches bowling batsman keeper unbeaten umpire conceded bowler

Rhymes

slumping thumping pumping humping bumping clumping plumping dumping jumping lumping

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