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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, especially syphilis.
h.
Vulgar. dried semen.
2.
Dialect. curd.
3.
Dialect. clabber.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4.
Dialect. to curd.

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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; earlier form of curd

Regional variation note
3. See clabber.

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crud (krʌd)
 
—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
 
[C14: earlier form of curd]

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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
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of any and every sort" it is attested from 1945.
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crud definition


  1. n.
    any nasty substance. (An old form of the word curd.) : There's some crud on your left shoe.
  2. n.
    junk; stuff; personal possessions. : Get your crud outa my way, will you!
  3. n.
    a repellent person. (Rude and derogatory.) : Don't be such a crud!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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