1
as in shred
a very small amount
a neglected dog who is desperate for any crumb of affection he might get from strangers
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2
as in speck
a very small piece
eating pretzels in bed got crumbs between the sheets
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3
as in bastard
slang
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
if I ever start behaving as obnoxiously as those crumbs, be sure to give me a good slap on the kisser
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Recent Examples of crumb
Draft a starter like North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton, and give crumbs to the rest.
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Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025
Asteroids are kind of like crumbs left over from the disk of dust and gas that formed the Sun, planets and moons 4.5 billion years ago.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the bread crumb labels do not include the allergen declaration in Spanish.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The edges crisp up slightly, framing a tender, moist interior crumb.
—Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
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Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025
Asteroids are kind of like crumbs left over from the disk of dust and gas that formed the Sun, planets and moons 4.5 billion years ago.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the bread crumb labels do not include the allergen declaration in Spanish.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
The edges crisp up slightly, framing a tender, moist interior crumb.
—Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crumb
Noun
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Liu doesn’t invite a shred of sympathy for this pitiless mom.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The former hit a satellite of its own in 2021, creating more than 1,500 shreds of space debris.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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What sets Friedrich apart from everyone else is that solitary human being and his dual nature: both a tiny speck in the universe and the center of it all.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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One of them shows the moon from a distance—a tiny white speck in a sea of black—and the other captures the lander’s hardware with a view of the moon in the background.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There’s one hopeful glimmer on the horizon: slim phones.—
Allison Johnson,
The Verge,
21 Jan. 2025
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Now, after years in which the situation in Syria seemed to have become stagnant, the fall of the regime, for Syrians displaced in Turkey, offered a glimmer of hope amid a precarious existence marked by everyday humiliation and occasional violence in the country of their refuge.—
Alia Malek,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The song structures melt into goo; the lyrics pelt flecks of raw feeling.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
3 Dec. 2024
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Each light is attached to a green string to easily blend into your tree, and once the lights are turned on, the liquid inside each bulb bubbles to reveal floating flecks of gold glitter to make your tree shine.—
Kaitlin Gates,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2024
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Diagnosed first with Jeavons syndrome in 2018/19—a rare form of epilepsy characterized by absence seizures and eyelid jerks—a 1,000-gene epilepsy panel in 2020 revealed further health problems.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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My job was to go over there and not be a jerk and try to advance the stand-up ball a couple of yards for the next guy that comes over there.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The addition of beef suet and a sprinkling of instant masa give the stew its distinctive flavor.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
5 Feb. 2025
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In fact, what's easier than a beautiful tube pan cake with a simple glaze and a sprinkling of pecans?—
Anna Theoktisto,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The particles can pass through any kind of matter and contain information about some of the most energetic events in the universe, such as gamma-ray bursts.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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In effect, the particles accelerate by surfing on these waves.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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This included four search dogs, three doctors, a diving team and a water extraction contingent, Tunisia’s state news agency TAP reported.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN,
13 Sep. 2023
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The couple was seen taking a stroll on a N.Y.C. street with Bosworth's dog, Happy, on Tuesday.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
Peoplemag,
13 Sep. 2023
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“Crumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumb. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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