CRUMP

crump

(verb) explode heavily or with a loud dull noise

crump

(verb) bombard with heavy shells

crump, thud, scrunch

(verb) make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

crump (plural crumps)

The sound of a muffled explosion.

Verb

crump (third-person singular simple present crumps, present participle crumping, simple past and past participle crumped)

(intransitive) To produce such a sound.

Etymology 2

Verb

crump (third-person singular simple present crumps, present participle crumping, simple past and past participle crumped)

(intransitive, US, medical slang) For one's health to decline rapidly (but not as rapidly as crash).

Synonyms

• circle the drain

Etymology 3

Adjective

crump (comparative more crump, superlative most crump)

(UK, Scotland, dialect) Hard or crusty; dry baked

Etymology 4

Adjective

crump (comparative more crump, superlative most crump)

(obsolete) Crooked; bent.

Proper noun

Crump

A surname. See Crump for history and meaning!

An unincorporated community in Michigan.

A city in Tennessee.

Source: Wiktionary


Crump (krmp), a. Etym: [AS. crumb stooping, bent down; akin to OHG. chrumb, G. krumm, Dan. krum, D. krom, and E. cramp.]

1. Crooked; bent. [Obs.] Crooked backs and crump shoulders. Jer. Taylor.

2. Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Hallivell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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