stumped
/stˈʌmpt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
out as a result of the wicket-keeper breaking the wicket with the ball while the batsman is out of his crease.
verb
simple past and past participle of stump
Example Sentences
- "I'm stumped by this question."
- "So if women don’t come on flirty or maternal, she thinks, some men get stumped."
- ""Why, Walsher," said Mr. Stubber, "how many times a day do you rub your face with a brass candlestick? Why, I lent you a pony when you were stumped, and you carried off a cool hundred.""
Usage
Inflected Forms
more stumped (comparative)
most stumped (superlative)