stump

n

1. trunk, stem, stalk; remnant, remains; stub, end, butt, tail end, tail, dock.

2. heavy footfall or footstep, clump, clunk, thud, thump; tramp, stomping, lumbering.

3. hustings, campaign trail, rubber-chicken circuit; podium, dais, speaker's platform.

v

4. truncate, shorten, lop or lop off, cut off, dock, amputate; crop, poll, clip, snip, trim, prune, pollard; chop down, hack, hew, fell.

5. nonplus, render at a loss, perplex, puzzle, confuse, confound, baffle, bewilder, mystify; embarrass, disconcert, perturb, ruffle; outwit, trick, surprise.

6. clump, clomp, clunk, peg, hobble, limp; stomp, stamp, trudge, lumber, plod.

7.Informal. campaign, whistle-stop, take to the stump or hustings, run, run hard; kiss babies, shake hands, ring doorbells, visit factory gates, work the crowds; electioneer, canvass, round up votes, count votes.