crap
crap Lexical Profile
crap Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Nonsense, foolishness, deceitful talk, or something of extremely poor quality (slang).
"He refused to listen to any more of their political crap and walked out of the meeting."
Miscellaneous, unwanted, or worthless physical objects and clutter (slang).
"It took us all weekend to clear the old crap out of the garage."
Solid bodily waste matter discharged from the bowels; excrement, or an act of defecation (vulgar slang).
"The dog left a pile of crap right in the middle of the freshly mowed lawn."
A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 on the first roll in the dice game of craps.
"The shooter rolled a crap on the opening throw and immediately lost his bet."
• interjection
Used as a mildly vulgar exclamation to express annoyance, frustration, disgust, or dismay.
"Crap, I completely forgot to lock the back door before leaving the house!"
• adjective
Of extremely poor quality; worthless or inferior (slang).
"We decided to leave early because the band was playing such crap music."
• verb
To defecate or discharge solid waste from the bowels (vulgar slang).
"Pigeons had crapped all over the statues in the town square."
To make a losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in the dice game of craps, or figuratively to fail or break down (often followed by "out").
"Our old lawnmower finally crapped out halfway through cutting the backyard."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Crap" is a mildly vulgar slang term that is generally inappropriate in formal, academic, or professional settings. In its gambling sense, the game itself is always referred to in the plural form "craps," though losing throws may be called "crap" or "craps."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Originally entering Middle English as "crappe" meaning chaff or the residue of rendered fat, the word derives from Old French "crape" (siftings) and Medieval Latin "crappa." The sense of excrement and rubbish developed in 19th-century slang, while the dice game "craps" evolved separately from the French "crabs" (an old name for the lowest throw in hazard).
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