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krump

krump noun: krumping: an energetic style of hip-hop dance.

Noun

krump (uncountable)

  1. Krumping: an energetic style of hip-hop dance
    • Martin Douglas has several projects on the go, including a Monday evening basketball game with students and other teens in the community, as well as a weekly "krumping out crime" where students gather after school in the cafeteria to do homework, and then learn krump, the urban dance style.2009 February 18, Kristin Rushowy, “Schools seek more police as crime drops”, in Toronto Star

Origin of krump

Early 21st century, probably an alteration of crunk.

Questions about krump

What does krump mean?
Krump means krumping: an energetic style of hip-hop dance.
What part of speech is krump?
Krump is a noun.

Words near krump in the dictionary

  1. krummholz
  2. krummhorn
  3. krummhorns
  4. Krumms
  5. Krumovgrad
  6. krump
  7. krumper
  8. krumpers
  9. krumping
  10. Krumrey
  11. Krumreys

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