Stumper — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈʌmpɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/stˈʌmpə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˈʌmpə/

2 syllables Say it as /stˈʌmpɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

toughie sticker poser

Word Forms

pose	verb	be a mystery or bewildering to
stump	verb	cause to be perplexed or confounded

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

stolpern

eine besonders schwierige oder verwirrende Frage oder ein Problem

🇪🇸Spanish

tontorrón

una pregunta o problema particularmente difícil o desconcertante

🇮🇹Italian

stupefacente

una domanda o un problema particolarmente difficile o sconcertante

🇳🇱Dutch

stommer

een bijzonder moeilijke of verbijsterende vraag of probleem

🇵🇹Portuguese

cotoco

uma questão ou problema particularmente difícil ou desconcertante

🇷🇺Russian

тупица

особенно трудный или непонятный вопрос или проблема

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विकेटकीपर

एक विशेष रूप से कठिन या चौंकाने वाला प्रश्न या समस्या

🇧🇩Bengali

স্টুম্পার

একটি বিশেষভাবে কঠিন বা বিস্ময়কর প্রশ্ন বা সমস্যা

🇮🇳Tamil

தடுமாற்றம்

குறிப்பாக கடினமான அல்லது குழப்பமான கேள்வி அல்லது பிரச்சனை

🇮🇳Telugu

స్టంపర్

ముఖ్యంగా కష్టమైన లేదా అడ్డుపడే ప్రశ్న లేదా సమస్య

🇮🇳Marathi

स्टंपर

विशेषतः कठीण किंवा गोंधळात टाकणारा प्रश्न किंवा समस्या

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્ટમ્પર

ખાસ કરીને મુશ્કેલ અથવા આશ્ચર્યજનક પ્રશ્ન અથવા સમસ્યા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಟಂಪರ್

ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಕಷ್ಟಕರವಾದ ಅಥವಾ ದಿಗ್ಭ್ರಮೆಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്റ്റമ്പർ

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുള്ളതോ അമ്പരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതോ ആയ ഒരു ചോദ്യം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രശ്നം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਟੰਪਰ

ਇੱਕ ਖਾਸ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਜਾਂ ਹੈਰਾਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ ਜਾਂ ਸਮੱਸਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

سٹمپر

ایک خاص طور پر مشکل یا حیران کن سوال یا مسئلہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

树桩

特别困难或令人困惑的问题或问题

🇯🇵Japanese

つまずく

特に難しいまたは不可解な質問または問題

🇰🇷Korean

그루터기

특히 어렵거나 당혹스러운 질문이나 문제

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người vấp ngã

một câu hỏi hoặc vấn đề đặc biệt khó khăn hoặc khó hiểu

🇹🇭Thai

คนงุ่มง่าม

คำถามหรือปัญหาที่ยากหรือน่างงเป็นพิเศษ

🇮🇩Indonesian

gagap

pertanyaan atau masalah yang sangat sulit atau membingungkan

🇲🇾Malay

terkedu

soalan atau masalah yang sukar atau membingungkan

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

استامپر

یک سوال یا مشکل به خصوص دشوار یا گیج کننده

🇹🇷Turkish

kışkırtıcı

🇮🇱Hebrew

מגמגם

שאלה או בעיה קשה או מביכה במיוחד

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