Meanings
shrump1
present singular third person shrumps · participle present shrumping · participle past shrumped · past shrumped
shrump2
plural shrumps
- slangbiologyA pile of leaves with a mushroom underneath.
I bend down to peek at the shrump Starwood identified. From the top it looks ordinary enough, but from the side, I can see a fruiting body is pushing out of the ground.
2023 March 19, Katharine Gammon, “Shroom boom: the hunt is on as California rains fuel a mushroom explosion”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2023
Origin
shrump · verb
- Proto-West Germanic*skrimpan
- Middle Low German*schrumpen
- Low Germanschrumpen
- Englishshrump
From Low German schrumpen, from Middle Low German *schrumpen (attested in Middle Low German vorschrumpen, vörschrumpen (“to shrivel, wrinkle”)), ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *skrimpan. Related to German schrumpfen (“to shrivel, shrink”), Danish skrumpe (“to shrink”). Related to English shrimp.
More words from Low German, Middle Low German, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
shrump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrump
“shrump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrump. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shrump,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrump.
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