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crap
1[ krap ]
noun
- Vulgar.
- an act of defecation.
- Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
- nonsense; drivel.
- falsehood, exaggeration, propaganda, or the like.
- refuse; rubbish; junk; litter:
Will you clean up that crap!
verb (used without object)
crappingcrapped
- Vulgar. to defecate.
verb (used with object)
crappedcrapping
- Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. to talk nonsense to; attempt to deceive.
verb phrase
- Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
- to treat badly, especially by humiliating, insulting, or slighting.
- to cause misery, misfortune, or discomfort.
- Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.
- to behave in a foolish or silly manner.
- to avoid work.
- Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. to botch, ruin, or cheapen; make a mess of.
crap
2[ krap ]
noun
- (in craps) a losing throw, in which the total on the two dice is 2, 3, or 12.
verb phrase
- Also called seven out. (in the game of craps) to throw a 7 rather than make one's point.
- Slang. to abandon a project, activity, etc., because of fear, cowardice, exhaustion, loss of enthusiasm, etc.
- Slang. to break a promise or fail to fulfill a duty or obligation; renege.
crap
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noun
- a losing throw in the game of craps
- another name for craps
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Usage
This word was formerly considered to be taboo, and it was labelled as such in previous editions of Collins English Dictionary . However, it has now become acceptable in speech, although some older or more conservative people may object to its use
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of crap1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English crap “siftings of grain; chaff,†from Old French c(h)rape “siftings,†or Middle Dutch krappe “anything cut off or separated; scrap of meatâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of crap1
C20: back formation from craps
Origin of crap2
C15 crappe chaff, from Middle Dutch, probably from crappen to break off
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Idioms and Phrases
- cut the comedy (crap)
- full of crap
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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