English Explanatory Dictionary

shrump

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shrink, shrivel.
  2. To shiver from cold.
  3. To shrug (the shoulders).
noun
  1. A pile of leaves with a mushroom underneath.

Word forms

shrump shrumps shrumping shrumped

Etymology

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.

Related words

scrump shrimp shrink
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