noun
- foolish or easily deceived people
Usage: informal
Examples
- Don’t be chumps and fall for that obvious scam.
- The con artist made chumps out of several investors.
- Only chumps would pay full price without checking for discounts first.
- We felt like complete chumps after realizing we’d been tricked.
- The salesman thought we were chumps who would buy anything.
- Smart shoppers don’t let themselves become chumps in negotiations.