noun · countable / uncountable · rare

crumpet

crumpet · crumpets

крампет

A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast,…A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.

/ˈkɹʌmpɪt/

» I find crumpets totally repulsive and disgusting.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
кра́мпетkrámpet
(UK, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A sexually attractive person or, collectively, people; usually referring to women.
Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
John and his mates have gone out to find themselves some crumpet.
(Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable)The head.

More definitions

a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle

Examples

2 sentences

I find crumpets totally repulsive and disgusting.
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He's eating a crumpet.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

savoury cake:

Origin

First appears c. the 17th century, either from crompid cake (“wafer, literally, curled-up

First appears c. the 17th century, either from crompid cake (“wafer, literally, curled-up cake”), from crompid, form of crumpen (“to curl up”); cognate to crumpled. An alternate etymology is from Celtic; compare Breton krampouezh (“crepe, pancake”) and Welsh crempog (“pancake”).

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