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.

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Synonyms:

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.

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Other Word Forms of Crump

Singular:

crump

Plural:

crumps

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

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Imitative

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

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