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crap

1

[ krap ]

noun

  1. Vulgar.
    1. an act of defecation.
  2. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
    1. nonsense; drivel.
    2. falsehood, exaggeration, propaganda, or the like.
  3. refuse; rubbish; junk; litter:

    Will you clean up that crap!



verb (used without object)

crappingcrapped
  1. Vulgar. to defecate.

verb (used with object)

crappingcrapped
  1. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. to talk nonsense to; attempt to deceive.

verb phrase

  1. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
    1. to treat badly, especially by humiliating, insulting, or slighting.
    2. to cause misery, misfortune, or discomfort.
  2. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. to botch, ruin, or cheapen; make a mess of.
  3. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
    1. to behave in a foolish or silly manner.
    2. to avoid work.

crap

2

[ krap ]

noun

  1. (in craps) a losing throw, in which the total on the two dice is 2, 3, or 12.

verb phrase

    1. Also called seven out. (in the game of craps) to throw a 7 rather than make one's point.
    2. Slang. to abandon a project, activity, etc., because of fear, cowardice, exhaustion, loss of enthusiasm, etc.
    3. Slang. to break a promise or fail to fulfill a duty or obligation; renege.

crap

1

/ kræp /

noun

  1. a losing throw in the game of craps
  2. See craps
    another name for craps


crap

2

/ kræp /

noun

  1. nonsense
  2. rubbish
  3. See faeces
    another word for faeces

verb

  1. intr another word for defecate

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Usage

This word was formerly considered to be taboo, and it was labelled as such in previous editions of Collins English Dictionary . However, it has now become acceptable in speech, although some older or more conservative people may object to its use

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crap1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English crap “siftings of grain; chaff,” from Old French c(h)rape “siftings,” or Middle Dutch krappe “anything cut off or separated; scrap of meat”

Origin of crap2

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; back formation from craps

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Word History and Origins

Origin of crap1

C20: back formation from craps

Origin of crap2

C15 crappe chaff, from Middle Dutch, probably from crappen to break off

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Idioms and Phrases

  • cut the comedy (crap)
  • full of crap

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Example Sentences

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.

From Time

That’s because reality battles with memory and kicks the crap out of it.

You’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.

The 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.

I haven't had time to tell Maragon the boys on the Crap Patrol were wrong.

Each word is repeated to a man; and when the leader comes to “Crap in,” the man specified draws in his foot.

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