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crump

v.
C2 Proficiency US //ˈkɹəmp// UK //kɹˈʌmp// crump Archaic Dialect

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.


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.

Synonyms
Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology 2

See crumb.

Etymology 3

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.

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