crumpet
/ˈkrʌmpɪt
/noun
1A thick, flat, savoury cake with a soft, porous texture, made from a yeast mixture cooked on a griddle and eaten toasted and buttered.Enjoy beautifully prepared cakes and pastries, or a full afternoon tea with sandwiches, toasted buttered crumpets and scones, while you are transported back in time....
- At home my father tears open a packet of crumpets and toasts them on the Aga.
- Staffordshire oatcakes are thicker and round, more like a thin crumpet or modern pikelet, and are fried with bacon for breakfast.
2 [mass noun] British informal People, especially women, regarded as objects of sexual desire: fat chance of our running into any crumpet [in singular]: he’s the thinking woman’s crumpet...
- But he's not just the witty boulevardier whose model looks have made him the thinking female student's crumpet for years.
- Steady on, the reason we men liked her was because she was a tremendously attractive and sexy piece of crumpet…
- But the shave was the best I have ever had, beating these triple bladed, turbocharged bits of plastic which masquerade as razors, and according to the adverts, guarantee you get laid by some really classy crumpet.
3 archaic, informal A person’s head.
Phrases
be not worth a crumpet
Origin
Late 17th century: of unknown origin. sense 2 dates from the 1930s.