Etymology: Variant of cramp n.¹

Etymology: Compare crimp n.²

Etymology: < crump v.² 3.

Etymology: Old English crump = Old High German chrumph , Middle High German krumpf , a by-form, probably intensive, of Old English crumb , Old High German chrumb (see crumb adj.), which has largely supplanted the simpler form. There is however a long gap in the history during the Middle English period, and it is possible that the 16th cent. crump resulted from analysis of crump-back , crump-footed , etc., where crumped , crumpt , was in earlier use. For the etymological affinities of the group see Note to cramp n.¹

Etymology: A parallel form of crimp adj. 1; having apparently associations with crump v.², and with crumple n. Compare cramp n.¹

Etymology: < crump adj.¹ or its source: see crimp v.¹ and cramp n.¹ Compare also German dialect krummen, krumpen, Dutch krommen, to become crooked, to crook, krumpfen to shrivel, shrink up, which are similarly related to German krumm, krumpf adjective. Also the transitive krümmen, krümpen, krumpfen: see Grimm.

Etymology: A word imitating the sound made in eating moderately firm and ‘short’ substances, or in walking over slightly compressed snow, greater firmness and less brittleness being implied than in the use of crunch or crush . There is possibly some association with crump adj.²; compare also crumple v. 6.