English

Noun

crap ‎(usually uncountable, plural craps)

1. (obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.
2. (slang, mildly vulgar) Something of poor quality.

   The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.

3. (slang, mildly vulgar) Something that is rubbish; nonsense.

   The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but the professor judged it as utter crap.

4. (slang, mildly vulgar) Faeces or feces.
5. (slang, mildly vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.

   I have to take a crap.

6. (slang, mildly vulgar) Useless object or entity.

   What is that? It's just a bunch of crap.

7. (slang, vulgar, in the plural) diarrhea.

Synonyms

• (faeces): poop, poo, butt stuff, dump, ****

Translations

Verb

crap ‎(third-person singular simple present craps, present participle crapping, simple past and past participle crapped)

1. (vulgar, slang) To defecate.

Derived terms

• crap on - (UK) To talk at length in a foolish or boring way.
• To crap something out: to damage or destroy something.

Adjective

crap ‎(comparative crapper, superlative crappest)

1. (chiefly Britain, colloquial, somewhat vulgar) Of poor quality.

   I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.

Alternative forms

• crappy (chiefly Canada, US)

Synonyms

• lousy
• ****
• shite
• bollocks
• piss
• ****
• Deuce

Interjection

crap

1. (slang) Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance or dismay.

   Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!

   Crap! I lost the game.

   What the crap?!

   Aw, crap, I have to start over again from the beginning of the level.

Translations

Etymology 2

From "crab's eyes"

Noun

crap ‎(plural craps)

1. (gambling, dice games) A losing throw of 2, 3 or 12 in craps.

Derived terms

• crap out
• crapola
• crapulation

Anagrams

• ACPR APCR, carp, RCAP

References

• "Crap" in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds, 2004.

Romanian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian крап ‎(krap), krap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krap/

Noun

crap m ‎(plural crapi)

1. Cyprinus carpio; European carp, common carp

Declension

Romansch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krap]

Noun

crap m (plural craps)

1. stone