different between chumble vs crumble

English

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???mb(?)l/

Verb

chumble (third-person singular simple present chumbles, present participle chumbling, simple past and past participle chumbled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To peck at or nibble.
   • 1941, Sarah Campion, Mo Burdekin (page 8)

     The baby, whimpering when Janey thrust the crust into his mouth, now whimpered no longer but chumbled at the dry bread, slobbered over it, wiped it down Janey's front, dropped it in the grass and at once forgot about it, sitting on her lap […]

   • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun

     Little dogs (his spaniel’s eyes encountered many) leaped and fawned about her, their sharp neat teeth clogging in the soft candy they chumbled from her gloved hand.

English

Alternative forms

• crimble (dialectal)

Etymology

From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb +? -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??mb?l/, [?k??mb??l], [?k??mbl?]
• Rhymes: -?mb?l

Verb

crumble (third-person singular simple present crumbles, present participle crumbling, simple past and past participle crumbled)

1. (intransitive, often figuratively) To fall apart; to disintegrate.

   The empire crumbled when the ruler's indiscretions came to light.

2. (transitive) To break into crumbs.

   We crumbled some bread into the water.

3. (transitive) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.

   Using your fingers, crumble the ingredients with the fingertips, lifting in an upward motion, until the mixture is sandy and resembles large breadcrumbs.

Translations

Noun

crumble (countable and uncountable, plural crumbles)

2. A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.

   Synonyms: crisp, crunch

Translations

Further reading

• crumble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Clumber

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English crumble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?œm.bœl/, /k?œ?bl/

Noun

crumble m (plural crumbles)

1. (France) crumble (dessert)

Spanish

Noun

crumble m (plural crumbles)

1. crumble