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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)

  1. (dialectal) To gather windfalls or small apples left on trees.
  2. 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
  3. (dialectal) To pinch, stint; to beat down in price.
  4. (dated, slang) To have sex.

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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.

Words near scrumped in the dictionary

  1. scrummy
  2. scrump
  3. scrump up
  4. scrumpalicious
  5. scrumpdillyicious
  6. scrumped
  7. scrumped up
  8. scrumper
  9. scrumpers
  10. scrumpies
  11. scrumpilicious

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