crump/kɹʌmp/Etymology* As an English surname, from the adjective crump (“crooked”). Compare Croom. * As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Krump (see Krumm and Ruhm) and Kramp.crump means A surname from Middle English. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.nameA surname from Middle English.“In a news conference Monday afternoon, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents Massey’s family, connected her death to other cases of police violence against Black people across the US. […] Crump referenced what Grayson said – “I’ll f**king shoot you in the f**king face” – before Massey was shot.”A placename; An unincorporated community in Garfield Township, Bay County, Michigan, United States.A placename; An unincorporated community in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.A placename; A city in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States.nounThe sound of a muffled explosion.“And there was another bit [of a hymn]: ‘To an inheritance incorruptible. … Through faith unto salvation, Ready to be revealèd at the last trump.’ For ‘trump’ we always used to sing ‘crump.’ ‘The last crump’ was the end of the war and would we ever hear it burst safely behind us?”verbTo produce such a sound.““Mortars crumped, and from the high ground to the east and south came the shriek of 88-millimeter shells, green fireballs that whizzed through the dunes at half a mile a second, trailing golden plumes of dust.””To decline rapidly in health (but not as rapidly as crash).“I can only be in one place at a time, so sometimes I just have to say, “Listen, I’ve got this other patient that’s crumping down the hall.[”]”adjHard or crusty; dry baked“a crump loaf”Crooked; bent.“Crooked backs and crump shoulders.”