Definition of crump Crump

/kɹʌˈmp/ - [krump] - crump

We found 12 definitions of crump from 6 different sources.

What does crump mean?

Verb crumps, crumping, crumped
crump - make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
		thud, scrunch
		scranch, scraunch, crackle, crunch to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks; "The blazing sun crackled the desert sand"
crump - explode heavily or with a loud dull noise
		burst, explode come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"
crump - bombard with heavy shells
		shell, blast remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"

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crump
krump, adj. crooked: wrinkled.—ns. Crum′my, a cow with a crumpled horn; Crump′et, a kind of crumby or soft cake or muffin.—adj. Crump′y, crump: easily broken. [A.S. crump—crumb, crooked; Ger. krumm. Cf. Cramp, Crimp.]

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One who helps solicitors to affidavit men, or false witnesses.--'I wish you had, Mrs. Crump;' a Gloucestershire saying, in answer to a wish for any thing; implying, you must not expect any assistance from the speaker. It is said to have originated from the following incident: One Mrs. Crump, the wife of a substantial farmer, dining with the old Lady Coventry, who was extremely deaf, said to one of the footmen, waiting at table, 'I wish I had a draught of small beer,' her modesty not permitting her to desire so fine a gentleman to bring it: the fellow, conscious that his mistress could not hear either the request or answer, replied, without moving, 'I wish you had, Mrs. Crump.' These wishes being again repeated by both parties, Mrs. Crump got up from the table to fetch it herself; and being asked by my lady where she was going, related what had passed. The story being told abroad, the expression became proverbial.

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