Crump
[krʌmp]
Definition
(verb.) explode heavily or with a loud dull noise.
(verb.) bombard with heavy shells.
(verb.) make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants.
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Definition
(a.) Crooked; bent.
(a.) Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf.
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Definition
adj. crooked: wrinkled.—ns. Crum′my a cow with a crumpled horn; Crump′et a kind of crumby or soft cake or muffin.—adj. Crump′y crump: easily broken.
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Examples
- On the way up the river I directed the dispatch-boat to run in close to Crump's landing, so that I could communicate with General Lew. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My apprehension was much greater for the safety of Crump's landing than it was for Pittsburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Up to that time I had felt by no means certain that Crump's landing might not be the point of attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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