crumpet
/ˈkɹʌmpɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.10 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A sexually attractive person or, collectively, people; usually referring to women.
British usage; Countable; Dated; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "T-Saint: I say we kill 'em! Donner: I say we hump 'em. Booga: I say we eat crumpets and tea. Deetee: Tasty! Crumpets and tea. All in favor of crumpets and tea, say "I." All: I! T-Saint: Shut up! Ain't gonna be no crumpets and tea."
- "Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet"."
- "John and his mates have gone out to find themselves some crumpet."
- "The regulars are all guys, a varied selection, my friends. There's Sammy—small, wiry, dark-haired. A hat manufacturer, crumpet mad—always chatting up different birds."
- "Our lives are saturated with middle-class crumpet Benedict Cumberbatch - but does he deserve the attention, asks Michael Hogan"
- "He bad been worried off his crumpet all day, making arrangements on her behalf."
Etymology
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”). The sense of a “desirable woman” is attested since 1936, possibly as Cockney rhyming slang for strumpet; alternatively, compare tart (“a loose woman, a prostitute”) (itself possibly Cockney rhyming slang for heart or sweetheart). Note that muffin has a similar sense, and that, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Muffins and crumpets was a familiar street-cry in the UK.
Word Breakdown
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Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Dated
- Slang
- Australian usage
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Synonyms
beautiful person