See stump in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To move heavily:
clump, galumph, hulk, lumber, lump1. See move- (Informal)
To prevent from accomplishing a purpose:
baffle, balk, check, checkmate, defeat, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart. (Informal) cross. Idiom: cut the ground from under. See allow - (Informal)
To make incapable of finding something to think, do, or say:
confound, nonplus. (Informal) flummox, stick, throw. (Slang) beat. Idiom: put someone at a loss. See affect, knowledge
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