scrump

scrump
verb /ˈskɹʌmp/
To steal fruit, especially apples, from a garden or orchard.

(weve all seen trees, and arent Adam and Eve condemned for having gone scrumping?; interestingly a great philosopher recalled Saint Augustine spent a lot of his long life being racked with guilt for having gone scrumping for some pears when he was a boy!...)<! sic: "arent", "racked" and final ellipsis are in original


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  • scrump — scrump·tious; scrump; scrump·tious·ly; …   English syllables

  • scrump — [skrʌmp] v [T] BrE old fashioned [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: From dialect scrump dried up apple ] to steal fruit from trees in people s gardens …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • scrump — ► VERB Brit. informal ▪ steal (fruit) from an orchard or garden. ORIGIN from dialect, «withered apple» …   English terms dictionary

  • scrump — verb Brit. informal steal (fruit) from an orchard or garden. Origin C19: from dialect scrump withered apple …   English new terms dictionary

  • scrump´tious|ness — scrump|tious «SKRUHMP shuhs», adjective. Informal. elegant; splendid; first rate: »Probably the lumberyard isn t as scrumptious as all these Greek temples (Sinclair Lewis). ╂[American English; apparently alteration of sumptuous] –scrump´tious|ly …   Useful english dictionary

  • scrump´tious|ly — scrump|tious «SKRUHMP shuhs», adjective. Informal. elegant; splendid; first rate: »Probably the lumberyard isn t as scrumptious as all these Greek temples (Sinclair Lewis). ╂[American English; apparently alteration of sumptuous] –scrump´tious|ly …   Useful english dictionary

  • scrump|tious — «SKRUHMP shuhs», adjective. Informal. elegant; splendid; first rate: »Probably the lumberyard isn t as scrumptious as all these Greek temples (Sinclair Lewis). ╂[American English; apparently alteration of sumptuous] –scrump´tious|ly …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scrump-dililly-lish — Extremely pleasant in taste. These cream pufs are scrump dililly lish …   Dictionary of american slang

  • Scrump-dililly-lish — Extremely pleasant in taste. These cream pufs are scrump dililly lish …   Dictionary of american slang

  • scrump — Generally used in a derogatory manner, it s a term for having sex derived from screw and hump. All he cared about was getting her back to his place and scrumping her …   Dictionary of american slang

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