scrumped
scrumped is the simple past and past participle of scrump.
Meaning of scrump
Verb
scrump (third-person singular simple present scrumps, present participle scrumping, simple past and past participle scrumped)
- To gather windfalls or small apples left on trees.
- To steal fruit, especially apples, from a garden or orchard.
- (we've all seen trees, and arent Adam and Eve condemned for having gone scrumping?; interestingly a great philosopher recalled Saint Augustine spent a lot of his long life being racked with guilt for having gone scrumping for some pears when he was a boy! ...)1994, Edward Bond, Edward Bond Letters, volume 1, page 180
- To pinch, stint; to beat down in price.
- To have sex.
Phrases with scrumped
Questions about scrumped
- What is scrumped the simple past and past participle of?
- Scrumped is the simple past and past participle of scrump.
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