gumption : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gumption	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gumption
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gumption n 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" Synonym(s): common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" Synonym(s): backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gumption \Gump"tion\, n. [OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS. ge[a2]mian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.] 1. Capacity; shrewdness; common sense. [Colloq.]