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'

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

[ Syn: rotter , dirty dog , rat , skunk , stinker , stinkpot , bum , puke , lowlife , scum bag , so-and-so , git ]

small piece of e.g. bread or cake

coat with bread crumbs; crumb a cutlet'

break into crumbs

remove crumbs from; crumb the table'