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crumpets

crumpets is the plural of crumpet.

Meaning of crumpet

Noun

crumpet (countable and uncountable, plural crumpets)

  1. A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
    • T-Saint: I say we kill 'em!
      Donner: I say we hump 'em.
      Booga: I say we eat crumpets and tea.
      Deetee: Tasty! Crumpets and tea. All in favor of crumpets and tea, say "I."
      All: I!
      T-Saint: Shut up! Ain't gonna be no crumpets and tea.1995, Tedi Sarafian, Tank Girl, spoken by T-Saint, Deetee & Booger (respectively) (Ice-T, Jeff Kober, and Reg E. Cathey)
  2. (UK, dated, slang) A sexually attractive person or, collectively, people; usually referring to women.
    • Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
    Synonyms:
    beautiful person
  3. (Australia, UK, slang) The head.
    • He bad been worried off his crumpet all day, making arrangements on her behalf.1900 October 27, The Warwick Argus, Qld, page 4, column 5

Phrases with crumpets

Questions about crumpets

What is crumpets the plural of?
Crumpets is the plural of crumpet.

Words near crumpets in the dictionary

  1. crummy
  2. crump
  3. crumped
  4. crumpet
  5. crumpet-faced
  6. crumpets
  7. crumpiness
  8. crumping
  9. crumplable
  10. crumple
  11. crumple up

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