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
Onomatopoeic.
crump (plural crumps)
The sound of a muffled explosion.
crump (third-person singular simple present crumps, present participle crumping, simple past and past participle crumped)
(intransitive) To produce such a sound.
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).
• circle the drain
crump (comparative more crump, superlative most crump)
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Hard or crusty; dry baked
crump (comparative more crump, superlative most crump)
(obsolete) Crooked; bent.
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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
