Crap
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kɹæp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Origin 1
From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappen, crappys, craps ("chaff; buckwheat"), from Old French crappe, crapin (), from Old Dutch krappen ("to cut off, pluck off"). Related to crop.
Full definition of crap
Noun
crap
(usually uncountable; plural craps)- (obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.
- (slang) Something of poor quality.The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
- (slang, vulgar) Something that is rubbish; nonsense.The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but the professor judged it as utter crap.
- (slang, vulgar) Faeces or feces.
- (slang, vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.''I have to take a crap
- (slang) Useless object or entity.What is that? It's just a bunch of crap
Verb
- (vulgar, slang) To defecate.
Derived terms
- crap on - UK To talk at length in a foolish or boring way.
- To crap something out: to damage or destroy something.
Adjective
crap
- (chiefly UK, colloquial, somewhat vulgar) Of poor quality.I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.
Alternative forms
- crappy (chiefly North America)
Interjection
- (slang) Expression 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.
Origin 2
From "crab's eyes"