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crump

UK/kɹʌmp/ US/ˈkrʌmp/ rare obsolete uk us

verb

1.

make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

Synonyms
2.

bombard with heavy shells

3.

Origin

From Middle English crump, cromp, croume, from Old English crump, crumb (“stooping, bent, crooked”), from Proto-West Germanic *krump, from Proto-Germanic *krumpaz, *krumbaz (“bent”). Compare Dutch krom (“bent”), German krumm (“crooked”), Danish krum. Related to cramp.

Phrases

  • Crump Island

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