krump

English

Etymology

Early 21st century, probably an alteration of crunk.

Noun

krump (uncountable)

1. Krumping: an energetic style of hip-hop dance
   • 2009 February 18, Kristin Rushowy, “Schools seek more police as crime drops”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     Martin Douglas has several projects on the go, including a Monday evening basketball game with students and other teens in the community, as well as a weekly "krumping out crime" where students gather after school in the cafeteria to do homework, and then learn krump, the urban dance style.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *krump, from Proto-Germanic *krumbaz.

Adjective

krump

1. crooked

Derived terms

• krumpī

Descendants

• German: krumm