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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

First attested in 1723. Probably from Old Norse krummi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krump/

Noun

krump m (definite singular krumpen, indefinite plural krumpar, definite plural krumpane)

1. (dialectal) Synonym of ramn (“raven”)

Usage notes

The word was used amongst fishermen as a noa name for raven while fishing.

Especially used in western dialects.

References

• “krump” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• “krump”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• Håkon Hamre (1961), Vestnorske ordsamlingar frå 1700-talet (in Norwegian Nynorsk)

Old High German

Etymology

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

Adjective

krump

1. crooked

Derived terms

• krumpī

Descendants

• German: krumm