scrump

== English == === Alternative forms === skrump, skrimp === Etymology === From a dialectal variation of scrimp, probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, shrink”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną, *skrimbaną (“to shrink”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink, draw up, contract”). Related to dialectal English skrammed (“benumbed, paralysed”), English shrimp. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskɹʌmp/ Rhymes: -ʌmp === Noun === scrump (plural scrumps) (dialectal) Anything small or undersized. (dialectal) A withered, shrivelled, or undergrown person. (dialectal) A small apple. === Verb === scrump (third-person singular simple present scrumps, present participle scrumping, simple past and past participle scrumped) (dialectal) To gather windfalls or small apples left on trees. To steal fruit, especially apples, from a garden or orchard. (dialectal) To pinch, stint; to beat down in price. (slang, dated) To have sex. ==== Derived terms ==== scrump up ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === crumps