crumpet

[ kruhm-pit ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a round soft unsweetened bread resembling a muffin, cooked on a griddle or the like, and often toasted.
2. British Slang. a sexually attractive woman.

crumpet

/ ˈkrʌmpɪt /

noun

1. a light soft yeast cake full of small holes on the top side, eaten toasted and buttered
2. (in Scotland) a large flat sweetened cake made of batter
3. slang.
   women collectively
4. a piece of crumpet slang.
   a sexually desirable woman
5. not worth a crumpet slang.
   utterly worthless

Word History and Origins

Origin of crumpet¹

1350–1400; short for crumpetcake curled cake, equivalent to Middle English crompid (past participle of crumpen, variant of crampen to bend, curl ( cramp ¹ ) + cake

Word History and Origins

Origin of crumpet¹

C17: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

The cost of some items including meat, crumpets, chocolate biscuits, furniture and household items fell, but petrol and diesel prices rose.

From BBC

One reason CPI fell to 3.2% in March was due to a drop in price for food items like meat, crumpets and chocolate biscuits.

From BBC

Beside her on the brass fender of the hearth a tea was laid out: steaming thimbles and a variety of crumbs; tea cake and crumpet and cucumber sandwich, on polished British pennies.

From Literature

Bags of rice, boxes of tea, packets of crumpets are all grabbed by the arms using a suction cup on the end.

From BBC

“I was in a long-standing white-food routine that summer, and my meals typically comprised various breakfasts: toast, cereal, or crumpets,” the narrator explains early in the book.

From Seattle Times