stump

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
2. 2
   The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
3. 3
   A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
4. 4
   One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
5. 5
   An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
6. 6
   A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
7. 7
   A leg.
8. 8
   A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
9. 9
   A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.

Verb

1. 1
   To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
2. 2
   To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
3. 3
   To campaign.
4. 4
   To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.
5. 5
   To get a batsman out stumped.
6. 6
   To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
7. 7
   To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.
8. 8
   To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of.
9. 9
   To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.