Crump Definition

krŭmp
crumps
verb
crumps
To crush or crunch with the teeth.
American Heritage
To strike or explode with a heavy thud.
Webster's New World
To make a crunching sound, especially in walking over snow.
American Heritage
(intransitive) To produce such a sound.
Wiktionary
noun
crumps
The act or sound of crumping.
Webster's New World
An exploding shell or bomb.
Webster's New World
A heavy blow.
American Heritage
adjective
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Hard or crusty; dry baked.
A crump loaf.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Crump

Noun

Singular:
crump
Plural:
crumps

Origin of Crump

  • Anglo-Saxon crumb stooping, bent down, akin to Old High German chrumb, German krumm, Danish krum, and English cramp.

    From Wiktionary

  • Imitative

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Onomatopoeic.

    From Wiktionary

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