crap

crap

See also: CRAP and crăp

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Old Dutch krappender.
Old French crappe
Middle French crapebor.
Middle English crappe
English crap

    From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), from Middle French crape, from Old French crappe, crapin (“chaff”) (compare Medieval Latin crappa pl, also crapinum), from Old Dutch krappen (“to cut off, pluck off”) (whence Middle Dutch crappe, crap (“a chop, cutlet”), whence Dutch krip (“a steak”)). Related to crop.

    Noun

    crap (usually uncountable, plural craps)

    1. (obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.
    2. (slang, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
      The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
    3. (slang, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Nonsense; something untrue.
      The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but that claim was utter crap.
    4. (slang, mildly vulgar) Feces.
      I stepped in some dog crap that was on the sidewalk.
    5. (slang, mildly vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.
      I have to take a crap.
    Usage notes
    • The vulgarity of crap is a contentious topic, with most speakers not considering it to be a swear word. On the contrary, many consider it a euphemism for shit, while some rather prefer the use of crud as a better substitute. Nevertheless, it is generally considered to be impolite and thus avoided in formal speech and writing.
    Synonyms
    • (faeces): poop, poo, dump, crud, shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for, or minced form of, shit in all its senses.
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    Verb

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

    1. (mildly vulgar, slang, intransitive) To defecate.
      That soup tasted funny, and now I need to crap.
      • 1954, Ian Fleming, “The Big Switchboard”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 36:
        'Well, the case is all yours,' said Binswanger grudgingly. 'But the Commissioner sure don't like having this bastard crappin' away on his own front doorstep while Mr Hoover sits down in Washington well to leeward of the stink. Why don't we pull him in on tax evasion or misuse of the mails or parkin' in front of a hydrant or sumpn? Take him down to the Tombs and give 'em the works? If the Feds won't do it, we'd be glad to oblige.'
    2. (mildly vulgar, slang, transitive) To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
      He almost crapped his pants from fright.
    3. (India, mildly vulgar, slang, transitive) To bullshit.
      Don't try to crap me: I know you're lying.
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    Adjective

    crap (comparative crapper, superlative crappest)

    1. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of poor quality.
      Synonyms: cruddy, lousy, mid, second-rate, shoddy; see also Thesaurus:low-quality
      I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.
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    Interjection

    crap

    1. (slang, mildly vulgar) Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance, or dismay.
      Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!
      Crap! I lost the game.
      What the crap?!
      Aw, crap, I have to start over again from the beginning of the level.
    Translations

    Etymology 2

    From crab's eyes.

    Noun

    crap (plural craps)

    1. (gambling, dice games) A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
    2. Attributive form of craps.
      • 1974, John Savage, The Winner’s Guide to Dice, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, page 16:
        To test the possibility that her husband’s luck was indestructible, Mary went to the crap tables and made a small bet.
      • 1992, Edward Allen, Mustang Sally, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 72:
        I step up to the least-crowded crap table, 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.
      • 2014 December 29, William Baldwin, “Yield Games”, in Forbes, page 103:
        Separately, you are playing in a crap game. The crap bets 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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    Anagrams

    Irish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Middle Irish crapaid,[2] ultimately from Norse, related to krappr.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    crap (present analytic crapann, future analytic crapfaidh, verbal noun crapadh, past participle craptha)

    1. (ambitransitive) to shrink ((cause to) become smaller), constrict (to narrow)
    2. (intransitive) to contract (draw together, shorten, lessen)
    3. (transitive) to crumple (cause to collapse)
    4. to purse (press (the lips) together)
    5. to roll up (make into a cylindrical or fold-like shape)

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of crap (first conjugation – A)
    indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present crapaim crapann tú;
    crapair†     		crapann sé, sí crapaimid; crapann muid crapann sibh crapann siad;
    crapaid†     		a chrapann; a chrapas craptar
    past chrap mé; chrapas chrap tú; chrapais chrap sé, sí chrapamar; chrap muid chrap sibh; chrapabhair chrap siad; chrapadar a chrap crapadh
    past habitual chrapainn /
    crapainn‡     		chraptá /
    craptᇠ    		chrapadh sé, sí /
    crapadh sé, sí‡     		chrapaimis; chrapadh muid /
    crapaimis‡; crapadh muid‡     		chrapadh sibh /
    crapadh sibh‡     		chrapaidís; chrapadh siad /
    crapaidís‡; crapadh siad‡     		a chrapadh chraptaí /
    craptaí‡
    singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    future crapfaidh mé;
    crapfad     		crapfaidh tú;
    crapfair†     		crapfaidh sé, sí crapfaimid;
    crapfaidh muid     		crapfaidh sibh crapfaidh siad;
    crapfaid†     		a chrapfaidh; a chrapfas crapfar
    conditional chrapfainn /
    crapfainn‡     		chrapfá /
    crapfᇠ    		chrapfadh sé, sí /
    crapfadh sé, sí‡     		chrapfaimis; chrapfadh muid /
    crapfaimis‡; crapfadh muid‡     		chrapfadh sibh /
    crapfadh sibh‡     		chrapfaidís; chrapfadh siad /
    crapfaidís‡; crapfadh siad‡     		a chrapfadh chrapfaí /
    crapfaí‡
    subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present go gcrapa mé;
    go gcrapad†     		go gcrapa tú;
    go gcrapair†     		go gcrapa sé, sí go gcrapaimid;
    go gcrapa muid     		go gcrapa sibh go gcrapa siad;
    go gcrapaid†     		— go gcraptar
    past dá gcrapainn dá gcraptá dá gcrapadh sé, sí dá gcrapaimis;
    dá gcrapadh muid     		dá gcrapadh sibh dá gcrapaidís;
    dá gcrapadh siad     		— dá gcraptaí
    imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    — crapaim crap crapadh sé, sí crapaimis crapaigí;
    crapaidh†     		crapaidís — craptar
    past participle craptha
    verbal noun crapadh

    † archaic or dialect form
    ‡ dependent form

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of crap
    radical lenition eclipsis
    crap chrap gcrap

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

    1. ^ “crap”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
    2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crapaid, crapaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 162
    4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 60, page 26

    Further reading

    • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “crapaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 191
    • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “crap”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

    Middle English

    Noun

    crap

    1. alternative form of crappe

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *korpъ.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /krap/

    Noun

    crap m (plural crapi)

    1. Cyprinus carpio; European carp, common carp

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative crap crapul crapi crapii
    genitive-dative crap crapului crapi crapilor
    vocative crapule crapilor

    References

    1. ^ Paliga, Sorin (2024), An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 402

    Romansh

    Etymology

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [krap]

    Noun

    crap m (plural craps)

    1. rock, stone

    References

    • “crap”, in Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (in German)

    Scots

    Etymology

    From late Middle English crop

    Noun

    crap (plural craps)

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

    Yola

    Etymology

    From Middle English crap, from Old French crappe.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /krap/

    Noun

    crap (plural crappès)

    1. Part of a faggot or bush, withered furze, cut, but not made into faggots.

    References

    • 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, published 1867, page 32
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