Definitions for gumption



Overview of noun gumption

The noun gumption has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit

(sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away")

2. backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption

(fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it")

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