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scrump

(skrʌmp)
vb
dialect to steal (apples) from an orchard or garden
[dialect variant of scrimp]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

scrump

, scrumple - Scrump is something withered or shriveled or dried up, and a scrumple is a wrinkle or crease.
See also related terms for wrinkle.
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scrump


Past participle: scrumped
Gerund: scrumping

Imperative
scrump
scrump
Present
I scrump
you scrump
he/she/it scrumps
we scrump
you scrump
they scrump
Preterite
I scrumped
you scrumped
he/she/it scrumped
we scrumped
you scrumped
they scrumped
Present Continuous
I am scrumping
you are scrumping
he/she/it is scrumping
we are scrumping
you are scrumping
they are scrumping
Present Perfect
I have scrumped
you have scrumped
he/she/it has scrumped
we have scrumped
you have scrumped
they have scrumped
Past Continuous
I was scrumping
you were scrumping
he/she/it was scrumping
we were scrumping
you were scrumping
they were scrumping
Past Perfect
I had scrumped
you had scrumped
he/she/it had scrumped
we had scrumped
you had scrumped
they had scrumped
Future
I will scrump
you will scrump
he/she/it will scrump
we will scrump
you will scrump
they will scrump
Future Perfect
I will have scrumped
you will have scrumped
he/she/it will have scrumped
we will have scrumped
you will have scrumped
they will have scrumped
Future Continuous
I will be scrumping
you will be scrumping
he/she/it will be scrumping
we will be scrumping
you will be scrumping
they will be scrumping
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scrumping
you have been scrumping
he/she/it has been scrumping
we have been scrumping
you have been scrumping
they have been scrumping
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scrumping
you will have been scrumping
he/she/it will have been scrumping
we will have been scrumping
you will have been scrumping
they will have been scrumping
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scrumping
you had been scrumping
he/she/it had been scrumping
we had been scrumping
you had been scrumping
they had been scrumping
Conditional
I would scrump
you would scrump
he/she/it would scrump
we would scrump
you would scrump
they would scrump
Past Conditional
I would have scrumped
you would have scrumped
he/she/it would have scrumped
we would have scrumped
you would have scrumped
they would have scrumped
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Translations
mampfen

scrump

vt applesstehlen
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She said that scrumping for apples, regular picnics and sliding down icy street pavements were just some of her fondest childhood memories.
They speak to the child in us all, and especially to the child who has holidayed in rented caravans, has been scrumping in the inner-city and has hung around on their flat balcony while the April showers have hammered down around them.
Collecting nuts and mushrooms, scrumping apples and fishing, using lead weights made from toy soldiers melted down in an old pan on the kitchen stove while Mum was out.
OWNERS MYSTIFIED AS ENTIRE ORCHARD IS CLEARED OF FRUIT IN SCRUMPING SPREE AN ancient orchard has been entirely stripped of fruit in a "mysterious" scrumping spree.
Or, it could have something to do with the idea of 'scrumping', the cheeky theft of fruit from someone else's property.
But then when the majority of your party members are middle-class pensioners who envisage a perfect Britain as one of cricket on village greens, maidens riding on bikes, boys scrumping apples and women knowing their place, then why not try to take them there?
His campaign centred around having the village ducking stool re-commissioned for such heinous crimes as apple scrumping and dog fouling.
So, late summer and fall I started "scrumping" for apples in the fields and woods around the small town where I live.
I could disappear for a day - playing football, scrumping or messing about on my bicycle without my folks being worried about.
Also recall having to walk a long way to school from Nelson Village in huge snow drifts and scrumping turnips from the farmers fields en route."
At that time, beating Southampton 5-0 was a rite of passage, like getting drunk on your dad's cheap brandy, or scrumping apples to get into the school gang.
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