crump
to crunch or make a crunching sound, as with the teeth.
(of an artillery shell) to land and explode with a heavy, muffled sound.
to make a crunching sound, as in walking over snow, or as snow when trodden on.
a crunching sound.
a large explosive shell or bomb.
Also called bump. Mining. a sudden ground movement in underground workings.
Origin of crump
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How to use crump in a sentence
Jane fach, whose shoulders were crumped and whose nose was as the beak of a parrot, put forth her head.
My Neighbors | Caradoc EvansLolo crumped the pastries with willing white teeth, and Moufflou did no less.
Children's Literature | Charles Madison CurryThere also, if sleep assailed us, we might curl up in an abandoned dugout and hope that it would not be "crumped" before the dawn.
Now It Can Be Told | Philip GibbsIn September 1915 our battery near Ypres was crumped at intervals of twenty minutes by 18-in.
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British Dictionary definitions for crump
/ (krʌmp) /
(intr) to thud or explode with a loud dull sound
(tr) to bombard with heavy shells
a crunching, thudding, or exploding noise
Origin of crump
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