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Meanings of stumped in English

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Drawing technique of blending or smudging the applied medium, such as charcoal, soft pencil, pastel, chalk, or crayon, by using a cigar-shaped implement called a "stump"

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        Examples for "stumping"
        1
        But the IMF's participation in stumping up cash is far from certain.
        Reuters
        2
        Both candidates have been stumping hard going into the crucial Tuesday vote.
        Ebony
        3
        But he and the band let the set list do the stumping.
        Reuters
        4
        Trumbull was stumping the State for Lincoln in order to quiet him.
        The Life of Stephen A. Douglas
        5
        It's not easy stumping up the cash for a run to Parliament.
        The South African
        Usage of stumped in English
        1
        What are you good at? The question stumped her for a minute.
        Safe harbour
        2
        Quite devoid of self-consciousness, Gundabyr stumped forward and held out his hand.
        The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
        3
        The question was so unexpected that Janki was stumped for an answer.
        Melnitz
        4
        With no physical data to explain that Brailsford admitted he was stumped.
        The Guardian
        5
        The tagline featured a play on words that left many viewers stumped.
        News.com.au
        6
        On a thousand platforms across the North, Republican leaders stumped for Lincoln.
        A. lincoln: a biography
        7
        However, I stumped Taliaferro County for Garfield when I was in Georgia.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        8
        Do you have a medical condition that's stumped doctors and defied diagnosis?
        Wired
        9
        The gate was open, so the whole quartet stumped down the steps.
        The Great God Pan
        10
        He bowed in silence, and stumped down the steps with his stick.
        A Roman Singer
        11
        But from time to time, she ran into something that stumped her.
        Death masks
        12
        I sat, stumped and frustrated by a million facts I couldn't integrate.
        Fatal Voyage
        13
        This stumped me for a while, and we drove on in silence.
        Vandemark's Folly
        14
        Usually I have the fast comeback, but Lynn stumped me this time.
        Made of honor
        15
        During FDR's 1944 re-election campaign, liberal and progressive celebrities stumped for Roosevelt.
        Reuters
        16
        The grocer could tell me no more, and I was completely stumped.
        The Paternoster Ruby
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        Stumped through the time
        Stumped across language varieties
        United States of America
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        United Kingdom
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