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Definition of Stumping

Stumping
Stump Stump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stumping.] 1. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop. Around the stumped top soft moss did grow. --Dr. H. More. 2. To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub. [Colloq.] 3. To challenge; also, to nonplus. [Colloq.] 4. To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n. [Colloq. U.S.] 5. (Cricket) (a) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out. --T. Hughes. (b) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket. A herd of boys with clamor bowled, And stumped the wicket. --Tennyson. To stump it. (a) To go afoot; hence, to run away; to escape. [Slang] --Ld. Lytton. (b) To make electioneering speeches. [Colloq. U.S.]

Meaning of Stumping from wikipedia

- or bat is touching the ground behind the crease. Stumped is a special case of run out, but a stumping can only be effected by the wicket-keeper without...
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- Historically, an explosive called stumping powder was used to blast stumps. In plantation forests in parts of Europe, stumps are sometimes pulled out of the...
- In cricket, the stumps are the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket. Stumping or being stumped is a method of dismissing a...
- A political stump speech is a standard speech used by a politician running for office. Typically a candidate who schedules many appearances prepares a...
- A tortillon (/tɔːrˈtiːjɒn/; also blending stump) is a cylindrical drawing tool, tapered at the end and usually made of rolled paper. It is used by artists...
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- Alvin John Stump (October 20, 1916 – December 14, 1995), was an American author and sports writer. Stump spent time with Detroit Tigers' Hall of Fame...
- living stump is created when a live tree is cut, burned, eaten, or infected, causing its cambium to die above the root system. Living stumps are generally...