scrumping
present participle ofscrump
scrump
verb[T]
UKold-fashionedinformaluk/skrʌmp/us/skrʌmp/tostealfruitsuch asapplesfromtrees
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- anti-burglar
- anti-burglary
- anti-piracy
- appropriation
- housebreaking
- jemmy
- jimmy
- job
- joyride
- plunder
- poach
- poaching
- purloin
- raid
- rustle
- rustling
- snitch
- swipe
Examplesofscrumping
scrumping
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Whether the majority of them were out 'scrumping' for their own benefit or gathering food for the family is impossible to determine.
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The children were taken to their parents, who were informed that they had beenscrumping.
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I wonder whether we are usingscrumpinglanguage—that is, using words to pretend that one has a middle lane position?
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I can remember children goingscrumping.
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Maybe he enjoyed his timescrumpingapples.
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The process of stealing computing resources as a result of a system being joined to a botnet is sometimes referred to asscrumping.
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