crump
Example Sentences
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We hear the drills and the crump of the digger.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2023
Finally scrumplicate which evokes the positive "scrumptious" but probably depends more on "scrumple" to crush and the crump of violent opposition.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2014
It was more of a crump and you felt it through the rig.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2013
In far-off England monitors on the German frequencies, listening for G�ring's gutturral voice, 'heard instead the sudden crump of bombs, a confusion of muffled shouts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I was just replying when a crump came hurtling over.
From How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. by Malins, Geoffrey H.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.