Crap

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɹæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

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

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

• crap on - UK To talk at length in a foolish or boring way.
• To crap something out: to damage or destroy something.

Adjective

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)

Synonyms

• lousy
• shit
• shite
• bollocks
• piss
• fuck

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.

From "crab's eyes"

Noun

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

Derived terms

• crap out
• crapola
• crapulation

Anagrams

• ACPR APCR, carp, RCAP