CRAP

bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit

(noun) obscene words for unacceptable behavior; “I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk”; “what he said was mostly bull”

crap, dirt, shit, shite, poop, turd

(noun) obscene terms for feces

stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make

(verb) have a bowel movement; “The dog had made in the flower beds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

crap (usually uncountable, plural craps)

(obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.

(slang, mildly, vulgar, uncountable) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.

(slang, mildly, vulgar, uncountable) Nonsense; something untrue.

(slang, mildly, vulgar) Faeces/feces.

(slang, mildly, vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.

Synonyms

• (faeces): poop, poo, dump, shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for, or minced form of, shit in all its senses.

Verb

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

(mildly vulgar, slang, intransitive) To defecate.

(mildly vulgar, slang, transitive) To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).

(India, mildly vulgar, slang) To bullshit.

Synonyms

• (to shit): See defecate

• (to BS): See bullshit

Adjective

crap (comparative crapper, )

(chiefly, UK, Canada, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Of poor quality.

Synonyms

• lousy

• shit

• shite

• bollocks

Interjection

crap

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

Etymology 2

From crab's eyes.

Noun

crap (plural craps)

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

Anagrams

• -carp, ACPR, APCR, CARP, Carp, RCAP, carp, parc, prac

Proper noun

CRAP

(Canada, politics) Initialism of Conservative-Reform Alliance Party.

Synonyms

• (Canadian politics): RCAP, CA

Coordinate terms

• (Canadian politics): LPC, CPC, NDP, BQ, CCF, PC

Anagrams

• -carp, ACPR, APCR, CARP, Carp, RCAP, carp, parc, prac

Source: Wiktionary


Crap (krap), n.

Definition: In the game of craps, a first throw of the dice in which the total is two, three, or twelve, in which case the caster loses.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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