What does "crap" mean?
The husk of grain; chaff.
Crap
/kɹæp/ adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang
adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The husk of grain; chaff.
- Grammar: crap is listed as adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: bullshit, poop, bad, bah.
- Useful contrasts: tight, accurate, approval.
- Usage evidence: Holy crap, who's the asshole who dares call me in the middle of the night?!
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The husk of grain; chaff. obsolete, uncountable, usually
- 2 A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
- 3 Obscene word for unacceptable behavior wordnet
- 4 Something worthless or of poor quality; junk. mildly, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar
"The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time."
- 5 Attributive form of craps. attributive, form-of
"To test the possibility that her husband’s luck was indestructible, Mary went to the crap tables and made a small bet."
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- 6 obscene terms for feces wordnet
- 7 Nonsense; something untrue. mildly, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar
"The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but that claim was utter crap."
- 8 Feces. mildly, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar
"I stepped in some dog crap that was on the sidewalk."
- 9 An act of defecation. countable, mildly, slang, usually, vulgar
"I have to take a crap."
Verb
- 1 To defecate. intransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar
"That soup tasted funny, and now I need to crap."
- 2 have a bowel movement wordnet
- 3 To defecate in or on (clothing etc.). mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar
"He almost crapped his pants from fright."
- 4 To bullshit. India, mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar
"Don't try to crap me: I know you're lying."
Adjective
- 1 Of poor quality. colloquial, mildly, vulgar
"I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one."
Intj
- 1 Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance, or dismay. mildly, slang, vulgar
"Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!"
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Conservative-Reform Alliance Party, since merged into the Canadian Alliance. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
"Holy crap, who's the asshole who dares call me in the middle of the night?!"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "crap"?
Common synonyms include: bullshit, poop, bad, bah, balls, baloney.
How do you use "crap" in a sentence?
Holy crap, who's the asshole who dares call me in the middle of the night?!
How do you pronounce "crap"?
Pronounced /kɹæp/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
From crab's eyes.