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crumpet
(krʌmpɪt)
Word forms: plural crumpets
1. countable noun
Crumpets are round, flat pieces of a substance like bread or batter with small holes in them. You toast them and eat them with butter.
[mainly British]2. uncountable noun
Some men refer to attractive women as crumpet. This use could cause offence.
[British, informal] crumpet in British English
(ˈkrʌmpɪt)
noun mainly British
1.
a light soft yeast cake full of small holes on the top side, eaten toasted and buttered
2.
(in Scotland) a large flat sweetened cake made of batter
3. humorous, slang, sometimes offensive
attractive people, esp women, collectively
4. a piece of crumpet
5. not worth a crumpet
Word origin
C17: of uncertain origincrumpet in American English
(ˈkrʌmpɪt)
noun
a small, unsweetened batter cake baked on a griddle: it is usually toasted before serving
Word origin
prob. < ME crompid (cake) < OE crompeht, flat cake, lit., full of crumples, wrinkled < crump, twisted: for IE base see crumbImage ofcrumpet
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Examples of 'crumpet' in a sentencecrumpet
Chinese translation of 'crumpet'
crumpet
(ˈkrʌmpɪt)
n
- (c) (esp Brit, Culin)
烤面(麵)饼(餅)
(kǎomiànbǐng) (个(個), gè) - (u) (Brit, inf!, = attractive women)
性感女人
(xìnggǎn nǚrén) (个(個), gè)
Nearby words ofcrumpet
- cruise
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