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crap¹

  • /kɹæp/

Rhymes with -æp

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

Old Dutch krappender.

Old French crappe

Middle French crapebor.

Middle English crappe

English crap

From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), from Middle French crape, from Old French crappe, crapin (“chaff”) (compare Medieval Latin crappa pl, also crapinum), from Old Dutch krappen (“to cut off, pluck off”) (whence Middle Dutch crappe, crap (“a chop, cutlet”), whence Dutch krip (“a steak”)). Related to crop.

noun craps

  1. obsolete, uncountable, usually The husk of grain; chaff.
  2. mildly, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar Something worthless or of poor quality; junk. The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
  3. mildly, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar Nonsense; something untrue. The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but that claim was utter crap.
  4. mildly, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar Feces. I stepped in some dog crap that was on the sidewalk.
  5. countable, mildly, slang, usually, vulgar An act of defecation. I have to take a crap.

Similar: poo, dump, crud, shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for, or minced form of, shit in all its senses

verb craps · crapping · crapped

  1. intransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar To defecate. That soup tasted funny, and now I need to crap.
  2. mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar To defecate in or on (clothing etc.). He almost crapped his pants from fright.
  3. India, mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar To bullshit. Don't try to crap me: I know you're lying.

Similar: bullshit

adjective crapper · crappest · crappy

  1. colloquial, mildly, vulgar Of poor quality. I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.

interjection

  1. mildly, slang, vulgar Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance, or dismay. Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!

crap²

  • /kɹæp/

Rhymes with -æp

Where it comes from

From crab's eyes.

noun craps

  1. A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
  2. attributive Attributive form of craps.craps To test the possibility that her husband’s luck was indestructible, Mary went to the crap tables and made a small bet.

CRAP³

proper noun

  1. Canada, abbreviation, derogatory, humorous, initialism Initialism of Conservative-Reform Alliance Party, since merged into the Canadian Alliance.Conservative-Reform Alliance Party

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