n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1581
1 : to reduce to a stump : TRIM
2 a : DARE , CHALLENGE b : to frustrate the progress or efforts of : BAFFLE
3 : to clear (land) of stumps
4 : to travel over (a region) making political speeches or supporting a cause
5 a : to walk over heavily or clumsily b : STUB 3
intransitive verb
1 : to walk heavily or clumsily
2 : to go about making political speeches or supporting a cause
– stump · er noun