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Craps
//kɹæps// noun, verb, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap. plural, plural-only
"“As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […]”"
- 2 plural of crap form-of, plural
- 3 a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice wordnet
- 4 (preceded by the) diarrhea slang, vulgar
- 5 expressions used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot wordnet
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of crap form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Louisiana Creole craps, a corruption of English crabs.
Etymology 2
Plural of crap.
Etymology 3
Verb form of crap.
See also for "craps"
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