krumping

/ ˈkrʌmpɪŋ /

noun

1. a type of dancing in which participants, often wearing face paint, dance with one another in a fast and aggressive style mimicking a fight but without any physical contact

Derived Forms

• ˈkrumper, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of krumping¹

C21: origin unknown

Example Sentences

Shuffling, frolicking, dancing and spinning around him as Lamar strode the stage in a red hoodie: NBA stars Russell Westbrook and DeMar DeRozan, Mustard, rapper Roddy Ricch and even a teenage dance troupe led by the krumping innovator Tommy the Clown.

From Seattle Times

The movie also says more through movement than speech: percussive flamenco; climactic krumping in a fight sequence starring and set to an original song by the D.O.C.; a touching pas de deux of Carmen’s balletic fluidity and Aidan’s awkward, failing attempts to match her.

From New York Times

Moments after parking, Philpott jumped from the truck and launched into a hip hop clown dance, a style that originated at South L.A. birthday parties in the early ’90s and led to the rise of krumping a few years later.

From Los Angeles Times

In the early 2000s, he started hosting weekly clown-dancing battles, pushing the performances in a rougher, more hyperkinetic direction: krumping, characterized by frenetic, exaggerated movements — chest popping, arm swinging, splitting, flipping, resembling, yet always stopping short of, a physical fight.

From Los Angeles Times

With nearly a million followers across his social channels, and consistently sold out dance battles, Johnson remains the face of the hip hop clown and krumping community.

From Los Angeles Times