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scrump.

Anything small or undersized.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈskɹʌmp/UK
  1. Anything small or undersized.

    dialectal
  2. A withered, shrivelled, or undergrown person.

    dialectal
  3. A small apple.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈskɹʌmp/UK
  1. To gather windfalls or small apples left on trees.

    dialectal
  2. To steal fruit, especially apples, from a garden or orchard.

  3. To pinch, stint; to beat down in price.

    dialectal
  4. To have sex.

    dated · slang
Where this word comes from

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.

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