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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - crumpet

 
 

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Crumpet

crumpet
~ n 1 a small round bread with holes in one side, eaten hot with butter 2 BrE slang an offensive word for a sexually attractive woman
crumple ~ v 1 also crumple up to crush something so that it becomes smaller and bent, or to be crushed in this way  (I had crumpled up about ten sheets, trying to write the letter.) 2 if your face crumples you suddenly look sad or disappointed, as if you might cry 3 if your body crumples, you fall in an uncontrolled way because you are unconscious, drunk etc  (Watkins crumpled in a heap and the referee stopped the fight.)
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1.
  (crumpets) 1. 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 BRIT) N-COUNT 2. Some men refer to attractive women as crumpet. This use could cause offence. (BRIT INFORMAL) N-UNCOUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
   noun  Etymology: perhaps from Middle English crompid (cake) wafer, literally, curled-up cake, from crumped, past participle of crumpen to curl up, from crump, crumb crooked, from Old English crumb; akin to Old High German krump crooked  Date: 1638 a small round unsweetened bread cooked on a griddle and usually split and toasted before serving ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
  n. 1 a soft flat cake of a yeast mixture cooked on a griddle and eaten toasted and buttered. 2 Brit. joc. or offens. a a sexually attractive person, esp. a woman. b women regarded collectively, esp. as objects of sexual desire. 3 archaic sl. the head. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. uncert. ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  noun  1) сдобная пышка  2) coll. башка barmy on the crumpet - сумасбродный, взбалмошный ...
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5.
  - 1694, perhaps from crompid cake "wafer," lit. "curled-up cake" (1382), from crompid, pp. of crumpen "curl up." ...
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