scrump
1
9.9
A piece of fruit secretly taken from a tree or garden
- noun
- Archaic
:
fruto robado
- After school, they shared a scrump under the old oak tree.
Examples
-
She hid the juicy scrump behind her jacket and hoped no one noticed.
-
He picked a scrump from the tree.
-
He proudly showed his friends the scrump he had taken from the neighbor's orchard.
-
The children found a scrump in the garden.
-
The children were excited to find a scrump hidden among the branches of the apple tree.
-
He got in trouble for taking a scrump from the neighbor's garden without asking.
-
During our picnic, I bit into a sweet scrump that I had picked from the orchard.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scrump comes from an old English dialect about secretly taking fruit; think of a small 'scrap' of apple hidden in your coat — that stolen piece is a scrump.