Stump

In its most general sense, stump is an English word. It may refer to:

• Tree stump, the rooted remains of a felled tree
• Stump, the remains of a limb after amputation
• Stump (cricket), one of three small wooden posts which the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball
• Stump (drawing), an artists' drawing tool made of rolled paper
• Stump, a coastal landform which forms when a stack is eroded, leaving a small rock island, usually small enough to be submerged at high tide
• (Stump) Clan: A cult or clan of people who honor and respect stumps and when called upon by another stump slams their fist in a ball and hits it against their forehead.

Stump is a surname, from the German "Stumpf". People named or nicknamed Stump include:

• James "Stump" Cross, of Stump and Stumpy, American performers during the 1930s-50s
• Stump Edington, American baseball player of the early 20th century
• Paul "Stump" Evans, an American jazz saxophonist from the early 20th century
• Stump Merrill, American baseball manager
• Stump Mitchell, American football player and coach
• Stump Monroe, drummer of the Scottish band The Almighty
• Patrick Stump, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the American band Fall Out Boy
• Stump Wiedman, an American baseball player during the 19th century

As a proper name, Stump may refer to:

• Stump (band), a band from Cork, Ireland
• the nickname of Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee, the 2009 "Best In Show" winner at the Westminster Dog Show
• Stump (game), an American drinking game
• USS Stump (DD-978), a Spruance-class destroyer

See also

• StumpWM, an X window manager written in Common Lisp
• Decision stump, a weak learner model in Machine Learning
• Stump speech (politics), a political speech
• Stump speech (minstrelsy), a part of the blackface minstrel show
• Muffin stump, the tough lower portion of a muffin (see The Muffin Tops)