crap

nounverbadjectiveinterjectionnouncommon in dialogue

//kɹæp//

Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.

noun

1
obsoleteThe husk of grain; chaff.
2
slangSomething worthless or of poor quality; junk.
The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
"My wife and I have asked a crowd of craps To come and waste their time and ours: perhaps You'd care to join us?"
3
slangNonsense; something untrue.
The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but that claim was utter crap.
'Be seeing you.' 'Crap,' said the negro with conviction. 'Get goin'.'
4
slangFeces.
I stepped in some dog crap that was on the sidewalk.
5
slangAn act of defecation.
I have to take a crap.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Dutch krappender. Old French crappe Middle French crapebor. Middle English crappe English crap From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), from Middle French crape, from Old French crappe, crapin (“chaff”) (compare Medieval Latin crappa pl, also crapinum), from Old Dutch krappen (“to cut off, pluck off”) (whence Middle Dutch crappe, crap (“a chop, cutlet”), whence Dutch krip (“a steak”)). Related to crop.

verb

1
slangTo defecate.
That soup tasted funny, and now I need to crap.
2
slangTo defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
He almost crapped his pants from fright.
3
slangTo bullshit.
Don't try to crap me: I know you're lying.

adjective

1
Of poor quality.
I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.

interjection

1
slangExpression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance, or dismay.
Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!
Crap! I lost the game.
What the crap?!
Aw, crap, I have to start over again from the beginning of the level.

noun

1
A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
2
Also a form of crapsAttributive form of craps.
To test the possibility that her husband’s luck was indestructible, Mary went to the crap tables and made a small bet.
I step up to the least-crowded crap table, taking my place to the right of a country-and-western-type stickwoman with tightly permed blond hair who looks as if she would be more comfortable dressed in the square-dance outfit of the Frontier than wearing the chinoiserie, or maybe the japonaiserie, of her purple kimono uniform.
Separately, you are playing in a crap game. The crap bets earn you $20,000 a year so long as rates stay put but could cost you a $100,000 or $200,000 loss if rates go up.

Etymology

From crab's eyes.

Forms

plural: craps
comparative: crapper
superlative: crappest
past tense: crapped
past participle: crapped
present participle: crapping
third person singular: craps

crank · Hard; difficult.Crank · A surname.cranky · Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.

crap · Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.

crappy · Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.craps · A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice…crash · A sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.

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