crud

Meanings

1. Dirt, filth or refuse.
2. Something of poor quality.
3. A contemptible person.
4. Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
5. A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
6. Feces; excrement.
7. Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
8. A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
9. Cottage cheese.

1. To clog with dirt or debris.

1. Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, darn.

1. Acronym of create, read, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English crudde English crud From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.