crud
crud Lexical Profile
crud Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A deposit or incrustation of filth, grease, or refuse; any disgustingly dirty or unpleasant substance.
"He spent the afternoon scrubbing the baked-on crud from the bottom of the oven."
Nonsense, rubbish, or something of very poor quality.
"I refuse to waste my money on the cheap crud they sell at the souvenir stand."
American An unspecified or imaginary minor illness, especially a lingering respiratory or gastrointestinal infection.
"Half the office is out sick with some kind of winter crud."
• interjection
North American Used as a mild exclamation to express annoyance, disappointment, or disgust.
"Oh, crud, I left my wallet on the kitchen counter!"
• Rhymes for crud
Word Origin & Etymology
Originally a dialectal preservation of Middle English crudde, meaning 'curd' or 'coagulated liquid', which shifted by metathesis into modern 'curd' while 'crud' survived in Scottish and northern English dialects before entering 20th-century American slang for filth.