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scrumpy

scrumpy

9.9
A strong, rough-tasting cider made from apples
  • noun
  • /ˈskrʌm.pi/
  • UK
translation icon : scrumpy
  • Hot mulled scrumpy cider is amazing when you're standing around bonfires or outdoor events on cold nights.

Examples

  • - Wash it down with some Scrumpy's.

    Apostasy (2017)

  • Hot mulled scrumpy cider is amazing when you're standing around bonfires or outdoor events on cold nights.

    Blog text (18)

  • The father ordered Scrumpy Jack, and the son ordered a bottle of red wine.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Splendid local scrumpy.

    The Wedding Date (2005)

  • He'd spent the night and morning seeing how much scrumpy he could put down, and they had him in hospital.

  • Splendid local scrumpy is available at the nearby pub.

Synonyms

cider
vsscrumpy
76 1.5

A drink made from pressed apples that can be alcoholic or non-alcoholic

is the strong rough tasting alcoholic version often produced in western England
hard cider
vsscrumpy
  • US
2 3.3

A drink made from apples that has alcohol

is stronger and rougher tasting and often from western England
cyder
vsscrumpy
  • Archaic
8.3

An alcoholic drink made from fermented apple juice

is a stronger rougher tasting alcoholic apple drink often from western England

How Strong

spirits
1 3.0
scrumpy
  • UK
9.9
cider
76 1.5
beer
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

scrumpy singular
scrumpies plural

Morphology

scrumpy = scrump (opaque) = scrump + y

Although formally scrump + -y forms the word, the dialectal base and the specialised meaning 'strong, rough cider' are not directly inferable by average learners.

Etymology

The word scrumpy comes from a country English word scrump meaning 'to pick' or 'steal' apples, or the small apples people picked in orchards in western England. So scrumpy became the name for a rough, strong cider made from those picked or leftover apples.