Word
crump
US/ˈkɹəmp/
UK/kɹˈʌmp/
Definition
v. to hit or strike something with a heavy, dull sound. This is an old-fashioned word used mostly in specific local dialects.
v. to strike or hit something with a dull, heavy sound. Primarily found in Northern English dialects and considered archaic or dialectal in modern usage.
Examples
“He crump the table with his fist.”
“The old man would often crump the wooden door to get the attention of the neighbors.”
“In the folk tales of the region, the wind is described as crumping against the stone walls of the valley, creating a rhythmic, haunting sound.”
Examples
simple
“He crump the table with his fist.”
contextual
“The old man would often crump the wooden door to get the attention of the neighbors.”
complex
“In the folk tales of the region, the wind is described as crumping against the stone walls of the valley, creating a rhythmic, haunting sound.”
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
See crumb.
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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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