stumping Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches)
  2. verb cause to be perplexed or confounded
    mix up; stump.
    • This problem stumped her
  3. verb walk heavily
    stamp; stomp; stump.
    • The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots
  4. verb travel through a district and make political speeches
    stump.
    • the candidate stumped the Northeast
  5. verb remove tree stumps from
    stump.
    • stump a field

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