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crumple
English
Etymology
From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump +? -le.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??mp?l/
- Rhymes: -?mp?l
Noun
crumple (plural crumples)
- A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
Verb
crumple (third-person singular simple present crumples, present participle crumpling, simple past and past participle crumpled)
- (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
- (transitive) To cause to collapse.
- (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To collapse.
Translations
Derived terms
- crumple zone
Related terms
- crumpet
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “crumple”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- clumper
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crumb
English
Alternative forms
- crimb (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *kr?mô (“fragment, crumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gr?-mo- (“something scraped together, lumber, junk; to claw, scratch”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist, wind”). The b is excrescent, as in limb and climb, appearing in the mid 15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish inkråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin gr?mus (“a little heap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
crumb (countable and uncountable, plural crumbs)
- A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
- desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table
- At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
- A small piece of other material, such as rubber.
- 2012, Caroline Joy Adams, An Italic Calligraphy Handbook (page 79)
- Then erase any pencil lines with a good, soft eraser, rubbing gently, in only one direction. A dustbrush can be useful in removing any eraser crumbs.
- 2012, Caroline Joy Adams, An Italic Calligraphy Handbook (page 79)
- (figuratively) A bit, small amount.
- The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
- 1861, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford
- Dust unto dust, what must be, must; / If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust.
- 1861, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford
- A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
- (slang) A nobody; a worthless person.
- 1999, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Alice on the Outside (page 146)
- All Dad can think of is a gift certificate from the Melody Inn? And my crumb of a boyfriend doesn't even show up? This is a birthday?
- 1999, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Alice on the Outside (page 146)
- (slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).
Synonyms
- (crumbled food): crumbling
- (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum.
Derived terms
Related terms
- crumble
- crumpet
- crumbum
Translations
Verb
crumb (third-person singular simple present crumbs, present participle crumbing, simple past and past participle crumbed)
- (transitive) To cover with crumbs.
- (transitive) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
- to crumb bread
Derived terms
- crumbed
Related terms
- crumple
Translations
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- what's crumb coating a cake
- what's crumb cake
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