Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small flat round of bread, baked on a griddle and usually served toasted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sort of tea-cake, less light and spongy than the muffin, and usually toasted for eating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of large, thin, unsweetened muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider, or sometimes toasted.
- noun British slang a sexually attractive woman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
savoury cake , typically flat and round, made frombatter andyeast , containing many small holes and servedtoasted , usually with butter. - noun UK, slang, uncountable A person (or, collectively, persons) considered sexually desirable.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thick soft cake with a porous texture; cooked on a griddle
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Those from the Midlands and north will say that what I call a crumpet is a pikelet.
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You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket!
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You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket!
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You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket! mangoshakes
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You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket! fostert says:
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That...and I just like saying the word crumpet, it's an awesome word.
Visits Afoot, Bug Love, and Trixy Identities gailcarriger 2009
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That...and I just like saying the word crumpet, it's an awesome word.
Visits Afoot, Bug Love, and Trixy Identities gailcarriger 2009
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Leaving here without a crumpet should be a felony, but the whimsically illustrated menu signage is full of other delicious non-crumpet items.
Serious Eats Erin Zimmer 2010
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Leaving here without a crumpet should be a felony, but the whimsically illustrated menu signage is full of other delicious non-crumpet items.
Serious Eats Erin Zimmer 2010
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Leaving here without a crumpet should be a felony, but the whimsically illustrated menu signage is full of other delicious non-crumpet items.
Serious Eats 2010
sonofgroucho commented on the word crumpet
Isn't this a wonderful word?
March 11, 2007
reesetee commented on the word crumpet
I've always liked this word. It makes pastry sound positively triumphant. :-)
March 12, 2007
onomatopoeiaist commented on the word crumpet
I had my first crumpet for breakfast today. It was like a cross between an english muffin and a pancake.
July 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word crumpet
There's nothing like crumpets with vegemite.
July 17, 2008
sionnach commented on the word crumpet
Sounds of vulpine chundering ...
July 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word crumpet
Ahh, the glory and wonder of down-under chunder thunder.
July 17, 2008
plethora commented on the word crumpet
I love crumpets.
Coincidentally, I was about to have some. With Vegemite, of course.
July 17, 2008
johnmperry commented on the word crumpet
also
(n) UK vernacular for good-looking female
July 17, 2008
skipvia commented on the word crumpet
Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC. Mmmmmm...
July 17, 2008
skipvia commented on the word crumpet
Did I forget to mention gooseberry jam and ricotta cheese? I was caught up in the moment.
July 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word crumpet
Here skip, have another *voila*.
July 17, 2008
skipvia commented on the word crumpet
Thanks, bilby. Don't mind if I do. But I think I'll pass on the vegemite.
July 17, 2008
plethora commented on the word crumpet
Pass on vegemite? *shock*
July 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word crumpet
BTW I've just found out that Anchorage is a sister-city of Darwin. Skipvia, we might be related.
July 17, 2008
skipvia commented on the word crumpet
Well...I...ummm...I'm trying to cut down. Yeah, that's it.
July 17, 2008
skipvia commented on the word crumpet
Aren't we all related, bilby?
*starts to hum "it's a small world after all..."*
July 17, 2008
sionnach commented on the word crumpet
You could always substitute marmite for vegemite on that crumpet, skip.
Wasn't Crumpet the flirtatious elf in the Santaland Diaries?
July 17, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word crumpet
I'm rather fond of promite instead. (Do they still make it? Haven't had any in years!)
July 17, 2008
skipvia commented on the word crumpet
One and the same, sionnach. You can listen to the original broadcast here.
Regarding the myriad "*mites" that could adorn my crumpet, I'm standing by gooseberry jam and ricotta cheese. Barring that, cream cheese and sliced peaches.
July 18, 2008
bilby commented on the word crumpet
Promite is still made. Better on toast than on crumpets in my opinion.
July 18, 2008
skipvia commented on the word crumpet
Of promite, vegemite, and marmite, the only one that sounds vaguely edible is vegemite--and that's only by comparison to the other two. They all sound like laxatives to me.
July 18, 2008
asativum commented on the word crumpet
Isn't a marmite a sort of alpine rodent in North America?
July 18, 2008
skipvia commented on the word crumpet
That's right, Asa. They're often found in the same habitat as the much larger pooka.
*And they're off!*
July 18, 2008
bilby commented on the word crumpet
So a pooka's like a giant pika on steroids?
July 18, 2008
skipvia commented on the word crumpet
In Asativum's world, yes. They're distantly related to the quite stroppy vulvarine.
July 18, 2008
trivet commented on the word crumpet
The only pooka I know is a llama.
July 18, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word crumpet
What's wrong with pikas?!
July 19, 2008
skipvia commented on the word crumpet
Nothing, Prolagus. They're cute and cuddly. And voracious.
July 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word crumpet
Pikas make me sneeze.
July 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word crumpet
Not me. Pica makes me eat chalk.
July 22, 2008
frindley commented on the word crumpet
So why, for the first time in months, do I buy a packet of crumpets today?
My favourite thing is to put a thin slice of unsalted butter on a hot crumpet and let it melt. Mmm.
Vegemite etc. is too salty and vaguely nutritious to give true crumpet pleasure.
But butter, honey and cinnamon is a nice combination for the sweet tooth.
There are, of course, the various slang uses of this word:
old crumpet - something akin to "old fart" or "mate", I confess to never having heard this in real life usage.
a bit of crumpet - a sexually desirable woman
July 27, 2008
asativum commented on the word crumpet
Wow, I've been away a bit. Can't believe I missed this one.
Anyway, reesetee, you have a point about pica. About 12 of them, actually.
September 10, 2008
mollusque commented on the word crumpet
What about krimpets? Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpets !
September 10, 2008
asativum commented on the word crumpet
Er. Is the word hork still in fashion around here?
September 10, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word crumpet
Hork indeed!
September 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word crumpet
I'm disturbed by the appallingly correct spelling of Butterscotch.
September 10, 2008
asativum commented on the word crumpet
They clearly misspelled Buterzkotsch
September 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word crumpet
You can't get good crumpet help anymore.
September 10, 2008
sionnach commented on the word crumpet
Enzyme sometimes used in cheesemaking to enhance the friability, or 'crumbiness' of the final product.
January 20, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word crumpet
I love this word. It's just so...crumpety.
July 28, 2009
yarb commented on the word crumpet
Yes! What do you do with a crumpet? You crump it!
July 29, 2009