• 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)
    1. (obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.
    2. (slang) Something of poor quality.The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
    3. (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.
    4. (slang, vulgar) Faeces or feces.
    5. (slang, vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.''I have to take a crap
    6. (slang) Useless object or entity.What is that? It's just a bunch of crap

    Verb

    1. (vulgar, slang) To defecate.

    Derived terms

    Adjective

    crap

    1. (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

    1. (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"

    Noun

    crap

    (plural craps)
    1. (gambling) A losing throw of 2, 3 or 12 in craps.

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