CRUMB

crumb

(noun) small piece of e.g. bread or cake

rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git

(noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; “only a rotter would do that”; “kill the rat”; “throw the bum out”; “you cowardly little pukes!”; “the British call a contemptible person a ‘git’”

crumb

(noun) a very small quantity of something; “he gave only a crumb of information about his plans”; “there were few crumbs of comfort in the report”

crumb

(verb) remove crumbs from; “crumb the table”

crumb

(verb) break into crumbs

crumb

(verb) coat with bread crumbs; “crumb a cutlet”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

crumb (countable and uncountable, plural crumbs)

A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

A small piece of other material, such as rubber.

(figuratively) A bit, small amount.

The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.

A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.

(slang) A nobody; a worthless person.

(slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).

Synonyms

• (crumbled food): crumbling

• (small amount): see also modicum.

Verb

crumb (third-person singular simple present crumbs, present participle crumbing, simple past and past participle crumbed)

(transitive) To cover with crumbs.

(transitive) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.

Etymology

Proper noun

Crumb (plural Crumbs)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crumb is the 13418^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2271 individuals. Crumb is most common among White (72.88%) and Black/African American (21.58%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

Crumb (krm), n. Etym: [AS. cruma, akin to D. kruim, G. krume; cf. G. krauen to scratch, claw.] [Written also crum.]

1. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off. Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Luke xvi. 21.

2. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.

3. The soft part of bread. Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. Old Song. Crumb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table.

– To a crum, with great exactness; completely.

Crumb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumbed (krmd); p. pr. & vb.n. Crumbing (krm"ng).]

Definition: To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also crum.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition