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STUMPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stumper mean?
• STUMPER (noun)
The noun STUMPER has 1 sense:
1. a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
Familiarity information: STUMPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
poser; sticker; stumper; toughie
Hypernyms ("stumper" is a kind of...):
problem (a question raised for consideration or solution)
Derivation:
stump (cause to be perplexed or confounded)
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