crap
1Vulgar.
an act of defecation.
Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
nonsense; drivel.
falsehood, exaggeration, propaganda, or the like.
refuse; rubbish; junk; litter: Will you clean up that crap!
Vulgar. to defecate.
Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. to talk nonsense to; attempt to deceive.
crap around, Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
to behave in a foolish or silly manner.
to avoid work.
crap on, Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
to treat badly, especially by humiliating, insulting, or slighting.
to cause misery, misfortune, or discomfort.
crap up, Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. to botch, ruin, or cheapen; make a mess of.
Origin of crap
1Words that may be confused with crap
Words Nearby crap
Other definitions for crap (2 of 2)
(in craps) a losing throw, in which the total on the two dice is 2, 3, or 12.
crap out,
Also called seven out . (in the game of craps) to throw a 7 rather than make one's point.
Slang. to abandon a project, activity, etc., because of fear, cowardice, exhaustion, loss of enthusiasm, etc.
Slang. to break a promise or fail to fulfill a duty or obligation; renege.
Origin of crap
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How to use crap in a sentence
Wilson, too, doesn’t offer any miracle cures—because he’s not full of crap.
Maybe then, as the seas rise, ice sheets melt and disasters-of-a-millennia crowd up like Space Mountain thrill-seekers, it’s time to cut the crap.
Climate Disasters Are Making It Hard to Enjoy the Olympics. And I’m Not Sure I Want to, Anyway | Alejandro de la Garza | July 29, 2021 | TimeThat’s because reality battles with memory and kicks the crap out of it.
Gene Weingarten: New York, from the bizarre to the truly bizarre | Gene Weingarten | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostYou’d park a car in a lot in the morning and then return after sunset, when all the yellow-tinted mercury vapor lights are lit, and the car would be all but unrecognizable—except for its shape, license plate, and the crap in the back seat, of course.
How These Rothkos Were Restored Without Touching the Canvas | Adam Rogers | May 30, 2021 | The Daily BeastThe pile of crap got so huge that it dripped down a meter length of the insulator and caused a short triggering an automatic shutdown.
She said, "crap," and moved away, acknowledging that I'd gotten her.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowI haven't had time to tell Maragon the boys on the crap Patrol were wrong.
Card Trick | Walter Bupp AKA Randall GarrettEach word is repeated to a man; and when the leader comes to “crap in,” the man specified draws in his foot.
The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol II of II) | Alice Bertha Gomme
British Dictionary definitions for crap (1 of 2)
/ (kræp) /
a losing throw in the game of craps
another name for craps
Origin of crap
1British Dictionary definitions for crap (2 of 2)
/ (kræp) slang /
Origin of crap
2usage For crap
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with crap
In addition to the idioms beginning with crap
- crap around
- crap out
- crap up
also see:
- cut the comedy (crap)
- full of crap
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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