scrumming

scrumming
n
British
eating. The word (as a transitive verb 'scrum' is rare), which is typically used by middle- or upper-class speakers, often denotes voracious or exuberant feeding and is probably inspired by 'scrumptious'. As far as I can tell, he's been scrumming non-stop all day.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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