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
Plus Sifton shares two of his favorite recipes: cranberry sauce and roasted cauliflower with anchovy bread crumps.
Were in the direct line of those crumps, and if one drops short, it is going to knock the stuffin out of a whole heap of us.
Grapes of wrath | Boyd CableWeve bin squatting ere freezin and drownin to death—them that avent bin wiped out with crumps.
Grapes of wrath | Boyd CableThe Germans had begun to shell again, and several crumps fell near the dug-out.
Grapes of wrath | Boyd CableCrumps come whistling and heaving up great clouds of heavy blackness.
Letters to Helen | Keith Henderson
"He is crumping now by all appearances," I replied, noticing some crumps bursting about three hundred yards away.
How I Filmed the War | Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins
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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