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be stumped
noun
The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
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When it comes to cricket, science may be stumped.
Mr. Berg, the biographer, professes to be stumped.
Fans of any of these clubs would not be stumped if asked to identify flaws.
Computers can also be stumped by the ambiguities in written Arabic.
Zardari pretends — but just barely — to be stumped by accounts of his former exploits.
(No doubt, now I've said all that, he will be stumped attempting to reverse sweep Luke Fletcher straight after lunch).
Similar(16)
RYAN CALDBECK was stumped.
Pentagon officials were stumped.
I was stumped.
They, too, were stumped.
Clerks were stumped.
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