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, especially syphilis.
h.
Vulgar. dried semen.
2.
Dialect, curd.
3.
Dialect, clabber.
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World English Dictionary
crud (krʌd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sticky substance, esp when dirty and encrusted |
| 2. | an undesirable residue from a process, esp one inside a nuclear reactor |
| 3. | something or someone that is worthless, disgusting, or contemptible |
| 4. | the crud a disease; rot |
| —interj | |
| 5. | an expression of disgust, disappointment, etc |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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.
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Slang Dictionary
crud definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
The tube ends are designed to be flush with the tube sheet in the steam generator channel head to eliminate a potential crud trap.
But sea air is packed full of crud, from dense water particles to salt molecules and regular pollution.
They also contain a lot of cosmic crud, mostly in the form of dust-sized grains.
Intergranular cracks and attacks were observed at the secondary side, at the roll transition zone underneath crud deposits.
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