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  • noun A foolish person; a gump
  • noun uncountable Gumption; grit.
  • noun uncountable, slang Gumpth; excess.

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Examples

  • Forty years, she'd been there, ploughing through the muddy swamp of secretarial gumph such a prestigious organisation demands.

    Tomatoes 2010

  • I think they'd probably say "Unga boomga ummph!!" and call you a "Moomba Boomba gumph"!

    miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2005

  • "I was afraid he'd think me a terrible gumph! ..."

    The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

  • But I never know whether to believe Clare; she's such a gumph.

    Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract Rose Macaulay 1919

  • "And do you think you're fit to run even a donation party, you great, blundering gumph?"

    Bucky O'Connor William MacLeod Raine 1912

  • "I wouldn't be such a gumph as that!" muttered Alexander, as he fell back into position.

    Melbourne House 1907

  • Dromy saw 'em in her drawer, and for all the gumph he is, he knew the writing; and I made him get 'em for me this morning while they were at breakfast.

    Say and Seal, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

  • "I wouldn't be such a gumph as that!" muttered Alexander, as he fell back into position.

    Melbourne House Susan Warner 1852

  • Note that for any interactions with Service Bus, you'll need to know your issuer name ("owner" by default) and secret key (a bunch of Base64 gumph), as well as your namespace, all which can be retrieved from the portal.

    Site Home Tom Hollander 2011

  • The minority state-run media passed on lies and half-truths as the news in "the old days" to a minority white population who, if they wanted to, would easily swallow the gumph they were being fed.

    News24 Top Stories 2010

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