[krʌmp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a loud thudding sound, especially one made by an exploding bomb or shell
(e.g: the crump of shells could be heard hours later)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: imitative. The original sense (as a verb) was ‘munch, crunch’, later ‘hit hard’ (used initially as a term in the game of cricket), and then the military sense ‘bombard’ (First World War)

[krʌmp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a loud, thudding sound
(e.g: we heard the cannon crumping)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: imitative. The original sense (as a verb) was ‘munch, crunch’, later ‘hit hard’ (used initially as a term in the game of cricket), and then the military sense ‘bombard’ (First World War)