crumbs

noun

plural of crumb
1
as in specks
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 particles
a very small piece eating pretzels in bed got crumbs between the sheets

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3
as in jerks
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 crumbs Uncover and continue baking for 20 to 25 minutes, until the top is puffed and appears dry, and a toothpick inserted into the brownie portion near the center comes out with a few moist crumbs. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Cookie lovers searching the streets of New York City for a certain particularly gooey, thick and chewy dessert were left with crumbs this weekend after a local cookie chain abruptly shut its doors. — New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Max tackles daily dust and crumbs with a super-slim profile that easily slides underneath low-hanging furniture where manual vacuums can't reach. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 Luxury watch brands have long looked down their noses at e-commerce, leaving the secondary market to gladly take the crumbs and make them into cake. — Adam Erace, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 Take everything out, shake out the crumbs, and wipe the inside with a sanitizing cloth. — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 25 Sep. 2026 Layer them into a graham cracker crust and finish with additional graham cracker crumbs on top. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026 Grab the corners and shake off any loose crumbs, dirt, hair, dust, and debris. — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 18 Sep. 2026 To start, clear off the countertops and wipe them down to remove any crumbs and dust. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crumbs
  1. specks
  2. particles
  3. jerks
  4. splashes
  5. flecks
  6. dogs
  7. sprinklings
  8. scraps
Noun
  • The source was generally in good condition, but mold spots and dense clusters of small white specks required careful treatment.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of specks
Noun
  • Those products are made with tiny particles that are more likely to be inhaled or absorbed by marine organisms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • For example, when a credit card is fragmented into particles some 10 microns in diameter, there is a more than 200-fold increase in its surface area, says Wei Min, a chemist at Columbia University and one of the senior authors of the study.
    — Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of particles
Noun
  • Lee and his Burning co-writer Oh Jung-mi resist what might have been the first instinct of many filmmakers by refusing to make Ye-ji and Sang-woo overly patronizing rich jerks.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Ars OpenForum is a place for readers to ask questions, compare notes, argue (without being jerks to each other), and go down all sorts of rabbit holes.
    — Eric Bangeman, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of jerks
Noun
  • The apron is built to take a beating—oils and rogue splashes barely register, practically rolling right off the surface.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Jazz fusion keyboardist George Duke, however, plays wild splashes of melody on an electric piano in the empty spaces between Waits’s lines.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of splashes
Noun
  • The oversized jacket featured a furry white base adorned with flecks of silver, which beautifully mirrored the sumptuous coats on the runway.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Add the torn basil and process just until incorporated -- there will be flecks of green in the mixture.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of flecks
Noun
  • But using dogs to investigate crimes wasn’t widely adopted until the mid ‘80s, Gould said.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The study found that larger dogs lose 35% more LINE1 methylation than smaller dogs.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of dogs
Noun
  • My grandmother’s version typically called just for the addition of generous sprinklings of Lawry’s garlic salt and black pepper—and that’s it.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
Definition of sprinklings
Noun
  • Vintage shearling scraps sourced from Vinted and embroidered squirrel motifs extended the collection’s irreverent approach.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Now only a few scraps remained, and the Waymos passed by, oblivious.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of scraps

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“Crumbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumbs. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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