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• Stump speech (minstrelsy) — The stump speech was a comic monologue from blackface minstrelsy. A typical stump speech consisted of malapropisms, nonsense sentences, and puns delivered in a parodied version of Black Vernacular English. The stump speaker wore blackface makeup… …   Wikipedia

• Stump speech (politics) — A political stump speech is a standard speech used by a politician running for office. The term derives from the custom in 19th century America for political candidates campaigning from town to town to stand upon a sawed off tree stump to deliver …   Wikipedia

• stump — [stump] n. [ME stumpfe, prob. < or akin to MLowG stump < IE * stomb < base * steb(h) > STAMP, STAFF1] 1. the lower end of a tree or plant remaining in the ground after most of the stem or trunk has been cut off 2. anything like a… …   English World dictionary

• Stump — Stump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stumping}.] 1. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop. [1913 Webster] Around the stumped top soft moss did grow. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 2. To strike, as the toes, against a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stump — I. noun Etymology: Middle English stumpe; akin to Old High German stumpf stump and perhaps to Middle English stampen to stamp Date: 14th century 1. a. the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed b. a rudimentary or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• stump — stumpless, adj. stumplike, adj. /stump/, n. 1. the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed. 2. the part of a limb of the body… …   Universalium

• stump — [[t]stʌmp[/t]] n. 1) the lower end of a tree trunk or plant left standing after the upper part falls or is cut off 2) the part of a limb of the body remaining after the rest has been cut off 3) den a part of a broken or decayed tooth left in the… …   From formal English to slang

• stump — stump1 [stʌmp] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Middle Low Germa] 1.) the bottom part of a tree that is left in the ground after the rest of it has been cut down ▪ an old tree stump 2.) the short part of someone s leg, arm etc that remains after the rest of …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stump — /stʌmp / (say stump) noun 1. the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and the branches have been removed. 2. the part of a limb of the body remaining after the… …  

• stump — [[t]stʌ̱mp[/t]] stumps, stumping, stumped 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A stump is a small part of something that remains when the rest of it has been removed or broken off. If you have a tree stump, check it for fungus... The tramp produced a stump… …   English dictionary

• stump — noun 1》 the part of a tree trunk left projecting from the ground after the rest has fallen or been felled. 2》 a projecting remnant of something worn away or cut or broken off. 3》 Cricket each of the three upright pieces of wood which form a… …   English new terms dictionary