"crummy" meaning in English

See crummy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɹʌmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crumby.wav [Southern-England] Forms: crummier [comparative], crummiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌmi Etymology: Variant of crumby, mid 19th c. Etymology templates: {{m|en|crumby}} crumby, {{C.|19}} 19th c. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} crummy (comparative crummier, superlative crummiest)
  1. (informal) Bad; poor. Tags: informal Categories (lifeform): Cattle Synonyms: bad, low-quality Translations (bad, poor): galdós (Catalan), lausig (German), rossz (Hungarian), vacak (Hungarian), lichy (Polish), marny (Polish), никудышный (nikudyšnyj) (Russian), дрянной (drjannoj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-crummy-en-adj-lZbh6U2y Disambiguation of Cattle: 46 28 3 19 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Regional English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 45 3 14 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 32 3 26 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 31 4 23 2 Disambiguation of Regional English: 19 27 14 28 11 Disambiguation of 'bad, poor': 100 0 0
  2. (dated) Full of crumb or crumbs. Tags: dated Synonyms: crumby
    Sense id: en-crummy-en-adj-4ulqIVg8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Regional English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 45 3 14 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 32 3 26 1 Disambiguation of Regional English: 19 27 14 28 11
  3. (dated) Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-crummy-en-adj-LOBoaHjv Categories (other): Regional English Disambiguation of Regional English: 19 27 14 28 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹʌmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crumby.wav [Southern-England] Forms: crummies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmi Head templates: {{en-noun}} crummy (plural crummies)
  1. (informal, British Columbia and Northwestern US) A small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite. Tags: British-Columbia, Northwestern, US, informal Categories (topical): Vehicles
    Sense id: en-crummy-en-noun-fJ35qpbv Disambiguation of Vehicles: 20 17 2 58 2 Categories (other): British Columbia English, Northwestern US English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Regional English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 45 3 14 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 38 32 3 26 1 Disambiguation of Regional English: 19 27 14 28 11
  2. A cow with a crumpled horn.
    Sense id: en-crummy-en-noun-2bWvFkdS Categories (other): Regional English Disambiguation of Regional English: 19 27 14 28 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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