English word origin

Etymology of crump

Onomatopoeic.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

verb

To produce such a sound.

noun

The sound of a muffled explosion.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Onomatopoeic.

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Source etymology 2

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adj

Hard or crusty; dry baked

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

See crumb.

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗

adj

Crooked; bent.

verb

To decline rapidly in health (but not as rapidly as crash).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English crump, cromp, croume, from Old English crump, crumb (“stooping, bent, crooked”), from Proto-West Germanic *krump, from Proto-Germanic *krumpaz, *krumbaz (“bent”). Compare Dutch krom (“bent”), German krumm (“crooked”), Danish krum. Related to cramp.

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Inherited-form mentioncrumpenm
Inherited-form mentioncrumpang
Inherited-form mention*krumpgmw-pro
Inherited-form mention*krumpazgem-pro · bent
Cognate mentionkromnl
Cognate mentionkrummde
Cognate mentionkrumda

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