crumb

Nouns

  • (n) a very small quantity of something
    • he gave only a crumb of information about his plans
    • there were few crumbs of comfort in the report
  • (n) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
    • only a rotter would do that
    • kill the rat
    • throw the bum out
    • you cowardly little pukes!
    • the British call a contemptible person a "git"
    bum, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, rat,
  • (n) small piece of e.g. bread or cake

Verbs

  • (v) coat with bread crumbs
    • crumb a cutlet
  • (v) break into crumbs
  • (v) remove crumbs from
    • crumb the table

Synonyms

bum dirty dog git lowlife puke rotter scum bag skunk so-and-so stinker stinkpot rat

Words of close approximity

crump
crud crus crux
crude cruel cruet crump cruse crush crust
crumb cake crumble crumbliness crumbly