crap

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See also:CRAP,andcrăp

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/kɹæp/
  • Rhymes:-æp
  • Audio(US):(file)

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishcrappe,also in plural:crappys,craps(“chaff; buckwheat”),fromMiddle Frenchcrape,fromOld Frenchcrappe,crapin(“chaff”)(compareMedieval Latincrappapl,alsocrapinum), fromOld Dutchkrappen(“to cut off, pluck off”)(whenceMiddle Dutchcrappe,crap(“a chop, cutlet”),whenceDutchkrip(“a steak”)). Related tocrop.

Noun

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crap(usuallyuncountable,pluralcraps)

  1. (obsolete)Thehuskofgrain;chaff.
  2. (slang,mildlyvulgar,uncountable)Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
    The long-running game show went from offering good prizes tocrapin no time.
  3. (slang,mildlyvulgar,uncountable)Nonsense; something untrue.
    The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but that claim was uttercrap.
  4. (slang,mildlyvulgar)Faeces/feces.
    I stepped in some dogcrapthat was on the sidewalk.
  5. (slang,mildlyvulgar,countable)An act ofdefecation.
    I have to take acrap.
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  • The vulgarity ofcrapis a contentious topic, with many considering it to be a swear word while others do not. Nevertheless, it is generally considered to be impolite and is typically avoided in formal speech and writing.
Synonyms
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  • (faeces):poop,poo,dump,shit.Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for, or minced form of,shitin all its senses.
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Verb

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crap(third-person singular simple presentcraps,present participlecrapping,simple past and past participlecrapped)

  1. (mildlyvulgar,slang,intransitive)Todefecate.
    That soup tasted funny, and now I need tocrap.
  2. (mildlyvulgar,slang,transitive)To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
    He almostcrappedhis pants from fright.
  3. (India,mildlyvulgar,slang,transitive)Tobullshit.
    Don't try tocrapme: I know you're lying.
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Adjective

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crap(comparativecrapper,superlativecrappest)

  1. (colloquial,mildlyvulgar)Of poorquality.
    I drove an oldcrapcar for ten years before buying a new one.
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Interjection

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crap

  1. (slang,oftenvulgar)Expression ofworry,fear,shock,surprise,disgust,annoyance,ordismay.
    Ohcrap!The other driver's going to hit my car!
    Crap!I lost the game.
    What thecrap?!
    Aw,crap,I have to start over again from the beginning of the level.
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Etymology 2

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Fromcrab's eyes.

Noun

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crap(pluralcraps)

  1. (gambling,dice games)A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 incraps.
  2. Attributiveform ofcraps.
    • 1974,John Savage,The Winner’s Guide to Dice,New York, N.Y.:Grosset & Dunlap,→ISBN,page16:
      To test the possibility that her husband’s luck was indestructible, Mary went to thecraptables and made a small bet.
    • 1992,Edward Allen,Mustang Sally,New York, N.Y., London:W. W. Norton & Company,→ISBN,page72:
      I step up to the least-crowdedcraptable, taking my place to the right of a country-and-western-type stickwoman with tightly permed blond hair who looks as if she would be more comfortable dressed in the square-dance outfit of the Frontier than wearing the chinoiserie, or maybe the japonaiserie, of her purple kimono uniform.
    • 2014December 29,William Baldwin,“Yield Games”, inForbes,page103:
      Separately, you are playing in acrapgame. Thecrapbets earn you $20,000 a year so long as rates stay put but could cost you a $100,000 or $200,000 loss if rates go up.
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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Irishcrapaid,ultimately from Norse, related tokrappr.

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Verb

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crap(present analyticcrapann,future analyticcrapfaidh,verbal nouncrapadh,past participlecraptha)

  1. (transitive,intransitive)toshrink((cause to) become smaller),constrict(to narrow)
  2. (intransitive)tocontract(draw together, shorten, lessen)
  3. (transitive)tocrumple(cause to collapse)
  4. topurse(press (the lips) together)
  5. toroll up(make into a cylindrical or fold-like shape)

Conjugation

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conjugation ofcrap(first conjugation– A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present crapaim crapanntú;
crapair† 		crapannsé, sí crapaimid crapannsibh crapannsiad;
crapaid† 		achrapann;achrapas/
agcrapann* 		craptar
past chrapmé;chrapas chraptú;chrapais chrapsé, sí chrapamar;chrapmuid chrapsibh;chrapabhair chrapsiad;chrapadar achrap/
archrap* 		crapadh
past habitual chrapainn/gcrapainn‡‡ chraptá/gcraptᇇ chrapadhsé, sí /gcrapadhsé, s퇇 chrapaimis;chrapadhmuid /gcrapaimis‡‡;gcrapadhmuid‡‡ chrapadhsibh /gcrapadhsibh‡‡ chrapaidís;chrapadhsiad /gcrapaidís‡‡;gcrapadhsiad‡‡ achrapadh/
agcrapadh* 		chraptaí/gcrapta퇇
future crapfaidhmé;
crapfad 		crapfaidhtú;
crapfair† 		crapfaidhsé, sí crapfaimid;
crapfaidhmuid 		crapfaidhsibh crapfaidhsiad;
crapfaid† 		achrapfaidh;achrapfas/
agcrapfaidh* 		crapfar
conditional chrapfainn/gcrapfainn‡‡ chrapfá/gcrapfᇇ chrapfadhsé, sí /gcrapfadhsé, s퇇 chrapfaimis;chrapfadhmuid /gcrapfaimis‡‡;gcrapfadhmuid‡‡ chrapfadhsibh /gcrapfadhsibh‡‡ chrapfaidís;chrapfadhsiad /gcrapfaidís‡‡;gcrapfadhsiad‡‡ achrapfadh/
agcrapfadh* 		chrapfaí/gcrapfa퇇
subjunctive present gogcrapamé;
gogcrapad† 		gogcrapatú;
gogcrapair† 		gogcrapasé, sí gogcrapaimid;
gogcrapamuid 		gogcrapasibh gogcrapasiad;
gogcrapaid† 		— gogcraptar
past dágcrapainn dágcraptá dágcrapadhsé, sí dágcrapaimis;
dágcrapadhmuid 		dágcrapadhsibh dágcrapaidís;
dágcrapadhsiad 		— dágcraptaí
imperative crapaim crap crapadhsé, sí crapaimis crapaigí;
crapaidh† 		crapaidís — craptar
verbal noun crapadh
past participle craptha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that triggereclipsis

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crap chrap gcrap
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^Quiggin, E. C.(1906)A Dialect of Donegal,Cambridge University Press, page26

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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crap

  1. Alternative form ofcrappe

Romanian

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromSlavic.[1]

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Noun

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crapm(pluralcrapi)

  1. Cyprinus carpio;European carp,common carp

Declension

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Declension ofcrap
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un)crap crapul (niște)crapi crapii
genitive/dative (unui)crap crapului (unor)crapi crapilor
vocative crapule crapilor

References

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  1. ^Paliga, Sorin(2024)An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language,New York: Peter Lang,→ISBN,page402

Romansch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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crapm(pluralcraps)

  1. stone

Scots

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Etymology

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From lateMiddle Englishcrop

Noun

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crap(pluralcraps)

  1. Crop (and hence head, particularly of plants or top).

Yola

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcrap,fromOld Frenchcrappe.

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Noun

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crap(pluralcrappès)

  1. Part of afaggotorbush,witheredfurze,cut, but not made into faggots.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland,London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page32
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