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crump
[kruhmp, kroo
mp] 
–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.
1640–50; imit.
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| crump (krŭmp) v. crumped, crump·ing, crumps v. tr.
To make a crunching sound, especially in walking over snow. n.
[Imitative.] |
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