Craps

//kɹæps// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    plural of crap form-of, plural
  3. 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. 4
    (preceded by the) diarrhea slang, vulgar
  5. 5
    expressions used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot wordnet
Verb
  1. 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.

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