crap

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Crap

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /kræp/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular crap

Plural craps

1. (slang) (vulgar) An impolite way of saying feces.

   I have to take a crap.

2. (vulgar) Something that is not good or is of poor quality.

   This food is crap!

3. (vulgar) Something that is nonsense.

   The college student wrote a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but the professor judged it to be nothing but utter crap.

4. (US) Crap is a losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.

Usage note

• Crap is a little bit vulgar, and often used as a more polite version of shit (which is more vulgar).

Verb

Plain form crap

Third-person singular craps

Past tense crapped

Past participle crapped

Present participle crapping

1. (slang) To defecate.

Interjection

Interjection crap

1. (slang) A saying that shows worry, fear, surprise, disgust, annoyance or dismay.

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

   Crap! I lost again.