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crump

[kruhmp, kroomp]
–verb (used with object)
1. to crunch or make a crunching sound, as with the teeth.
–verb (used without object)
2. (of an artillery shell) to land and explode with a heavy, muffled sound.
3. to make a crunching sound, as in walking over snow, or as snow when trodden on.
–noun
4. a crunching sound.
5. a large explosive shell or bomb.
6. Also called bump. Mining. a sudden ground movement in underground workings.

Origin:
1640–50; imit.
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crump   (krŭmp)   
v.   crumped, crump·ing, crumps

v.   tr.
  1. To crush or crunch with the teeth.

  2. To strike heavily with a crunching sound.

v.   intr.
To make a crunching sound, especially in walking over snow.
n.  
    1. A crunching sound.

    2. The sound of an exploding shell.

  1. A heavy blow.


[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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