Stumping

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of somebody being stumped.

    "Wicket-keepers are measured by the number of catches and stumpings they make."

  2. 2
    campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stump form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"All at once, I saw two figures: one a little man who was stumping along eastward at a good walk, and the other a girl of maybe eight or ten who was running as hard as she was able down a cross street."

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