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shrump

shrump verb: to shrink, shrivel.

Verb

shrump (third-person singular simple present shrumps, present participle shrumping, simple past and past participle shrumped)

  1. (dialectal) To shrink, shrivel.
  2. (dialectal) To shiver from cold.
  3. (dialectal) To shrug (the shoulders).

Noun

shrump (plural shrumps)

  1. (slang) A pile of leaves with a mushroom underneath.
    • I bend down to peek at the shrump Starwood identified. From the top it looks ordinary enough, but from the side, I can see a fruiting body is pushing out of the ground.2023 March 19, Katharine Gammon, “Shroom boom: the hunt is on as California rains fuel a mushroom explosion”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Forms of shrump

Verb
third-person singular presentshrumps
present participleshrumping
past participleshrumped
pastshrumped
Noun
pluralshrumps

Origin of shrump

From Low German schrumpen, from Middle Low German *schrumpen (attested in Middle Low German vorschrumpen, vörschrumpen (“to shrivel, wrinkle”)), ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *skrimpan. Related to German schrumpfen (“to shrivel, shrink”), Danish skrumpe (“to shrink”). Related to English shrimp.

Blend of mushroom + hump.

Questions about shrump

What does shrump mean?
Shrump means to shrink, shrivel.
What part of speech is shrump?
Shrump can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of shrump?
The past tense of shrump is shrumped.

Words near shrump in the dictionary

  1. shruggings
  2. shruggy
  3. shrugs
  4. shrugs off
  5. Shrum
  6. shrump
  7. shrumped
  8. shrumping
  9. shrumps
  10. Shrums
  11. shrund

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