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crud

   [kruhd]
noun, verb, crud⋅ded, crud⋅ding.
–noun
1. Slang.
a. a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
b. a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
c. something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
d. prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
e. a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body: jungle crud.
f. any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
g. venereal disease, esp. syphilis.
h. Vulgar. dried semen.
2. Dialect. curd.
3. Dialect. clabber.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4. Dialect. to curd.
Origin:
1325–75; ME; earlier form of curd
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Language Translation for : Crud
Spanish: cruel, German: grausam, Japanese: 残酷な
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crud     (krŭd)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Slang
    1. A coating or an incrustation of filth or refuse.
    2. Something loathsome, despicable, or worthless.
    3. One who is contemptible or disgusting.
  2. A disease or ailment, imaginary or real, especially one affecting the skin.
  3. Sports Heavy, sticky snow that is unsuitable for skiing.

[Middle English crudde, possibly from Old English *cruden, past participle of crūdan, to press, drive.]
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crud 
"nonsense, rubbish," 1940, U.S. slang; originally 1920s army and college student slang for "venereal disease." Said to be a metathesis variant of curd, which actually makes it an unconscious return to the original M.E. form of that word (see curd). As G.I. name for "disease of any and every sort" it is attested from 1945.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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crud

noun
1. heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing 
2. any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant [syn: filth] 
3. an ill-defined bodily ailment; "he said he had the crud and needed a doctor" 

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Crud

Crud\ (kr?d), n. See Curd. [Obs.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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