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Word: Crump
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: imitative. The original sense (as a verb) was ‘munch, crunch’, later ‘hit hard’ (used initially as a term in the game of cricket), and then the military sense ‘bombard’ (First World War)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
krʌmp
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a loud thudding sound, especially one made by an exploding bomb or shell
Short Definition:loud thudding sound
Examples:- the crump of shells could be heard hours later
Word: Crump
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
krʌmp
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make a loud, thudding sound
Short Definition:make such sound
Examples:- we heard the cannon crumping
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