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Definition of Crump
1. Verb. Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants.
Generic synonyms: Crackle, Crunch, Scranch, Scraunch
Derivative terms: Scrunch, Thud
2. Verb. Bombard with heavy shells.
3. Verb. Explode heavily or with a loud dull noise.
Definition of Crump
1. a. Crooked; bent.
Definition of Crump
1. Noun. (British) shortened form of crumpet. ¹
2. Noun. The sound of a muffled explosion. ¹
3. Adjective. (British) Hard or crusty; dry baked ¹
4. Noun. The sound of a muffled explosion. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To produce such a sound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crump
1. to crunch [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: crunch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crump
Literary usage of Crump
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"Action for partition between RT crump and JW crump and others. From the granting
of a new trial, RT crump brings error. Reversed. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"The petition proceeded on the ground that crump was a citizen of Kentucky and
Thurber a citizen of New York, and that there was a controversy in the suit ..."
3. Correspondence of William Pitt: When Secretary of State, with Colonial by William Pitt, Great Britain Foreign Office (1906)
"crump had experience in the West Indies, and was held in high esteem by Barrington.
... crump died in the following March. See letter of March 22, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1834)
"C. 448, citing Hobart, 41. agreed that in _£~X crump against ADNEY and Another.
... award n cer- tain annuity of the other part, reciting that E. crump, ..."
5. The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews by Cornelius Mathews (1863)
"None of your nonsense, now, crump—but down with what I tell you ¡ a ... Very strange,
crump. The child came home in the afternoon, with the same green ..."
6. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"replied Mr. crump, very calmly. " I think it must be the barber as has been ...
Mr. crump went to bed very quietly, and snored through the night in his ..."
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