English Explanatory Dictionary

crap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The husk of grain; chaff.
  2. Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
  3. Nonsense; something untrue.
  4. Feces.
  5. An act of defecation.
verb
  1. To defecate.
  2. To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
  3. To bullshit.
adj
  1. Of poor quality.
intj
  1. Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance, or dismay.
noun
  1. A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
  2. Attributive form of craps.
name
  1. Initialism of Conservative-Reform Alliance Party, since merged into the Canadian Alliance.

Pronunciation

/kɹæp/ En-us-crap.ogg

Word forms

crap craps crapping crapped crapper crappest crappy

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.

Synonyms

poo dump crud shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for or minced form of shit in all its senses poop bullshit defecate cruddy lousy mid second-rate shoddy ass bad base below par bottom-shelf BTEC bum cheap cheap and nasty cheapshit cheesy chintzy coffee-and crap crappo crappy craptastic crapperific craptabulous craptacular crummy dogwater drecky flimsy fourth-rate gash garbage god-awful inferior low low-grade low-quality low-rent made in China naughty one-star poor poor man's pound-shop punk rinky-dink ropy rubbish sad schlocky scrubby

Derived words

and crap bat-crap batcrap beat the crap out of birdcrap black plastic crap bullcrap crapalicious crap artist crapass crap circus crapface crapfest crapfic crapflood crapgame crap hat craphat craphead crapheap craphole craphouse crapitalism crapitalist crapitude crapless craplication crapload crapmeister crapmobile crapoid crapola crapology crap on a stick craporama crapper crapperific crappify crappity crapplet crapplication crappuccino crappy crapsack crapshow crapstain crapstorm craptabulous craptacular craptastic CRAPTCHA crapton crapulation crapware cut the crap Democrap full of crap get one's crap together give a crap give a flying crap
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