crump
/krʌmp/
noun
- A heavy, muffled explosive sound.
- The crump of the fireworks echoed through the valley.
- A sudden crump made everyone look toward the horizon.
- We heard a distant crump from the quarry.
verb
- To make a heavy, muffled, explosive sound, like a bomb or shell exploding.
- The artillery shells crumped in the distance, shaking the ground.
- The firecracker crumped loudly, startling the dog.
- We heard a loud crump as the old building collapsed.
- To crush or crunch something, especially with a heavy or noisy impact.
- He crumped the empty can with his boot.
- The car crumped into the guardrail, denting the bumper.
- She crumped the paper into a tight ball.
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