crap

1 of 4

verb (1)

crapped; crapping

intransitive verb

usually vulgar

crap

2 of 4

noun (1)

1
a
usually vulgar : feces
b
usually vulgar : the act of defecating
2
slang, sometimes vulgar : nonsense, rubbish

crap

3 of 4

noun (2)

1
used as an attributive form of craps
a crap game
a crap table
2
: a throw of 2, 3, or 12 in the game of craps losing the shooter his bet unless he has a point

called also craps

compare natural

crap

4 of 4

verb (2)

crapped; crapping

intransitive verb

1
: to throw a crap
2
: to throw a seven while trying to make a point
usually used with out

Examples of crap in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The sheer volume of vitriol and crap kept beating mods down too. Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024 Blackjack, baccarat, European roulette (especially French), craps and poker all have betting strategies that help lower the randomised risk and give you a fighting chance. Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024 Oh crap, has Mel Gibson entered the chat or something? Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024 Doogie would slap the crap out of Helton’s left cheek. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2024 But a number of otherwise hard-to-find games are available here, including Pai Gow, Three Card Rummy, and online craps. Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024 The deal also allowed the tribe to contract with the state’s pari-mutuel operators to offer sports betting and gave the Seminoles permission to add craps and roulette at their casinos. Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024 Lucy Lawless turns up — because why not? — and seeing the Xena actress beat the crap out of a decidedly predatory Comic Book Guy supervillain is at least a bit cathartic. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2023 The body parts that are not coated in mud are covered in crap. David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2024
Verb
The 85-year-old Portage County man next headed 20 miles east to Hollywood Gaming at the Mahoning Valley Race Course but crapped out there, too. Amanda Garrett, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024 Why does this show try so hard to make everyone crap on Peter all the time? Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Feb. 2024 Or if Peacock craps out during this NFL playoff game. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 18 May 2023 Get a little lucky in Las Vegas (L.E. Baskow / Associated Press) Advertisement The Bruins keep crapping out on the Strip. Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023 The basic story is that the ancient Greeks were good at science, the Romans were great engineers, and then everything went to crap for about a thousand years until Galileo showed up and set everybody straight about the scientific method. Chad Orzel, Forbes, 12 May 2021 But consider the other possibility: What if those big gambles crap out? Bill Keen, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021 In legislative session after session, gambling bills crap out, with lawmakers taking their cues from anti-gambling expansion forces. Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2021 Both political parties can’t crap on white people enough. Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 16 Nov. 2020

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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1) and Verb (1)

British dialect crap, craps residue from rendered fat, from Middle English crappe, perhaps from Old French crappe chaff, residue, from Medieval Latin crappa

Noun (2)

singular of craps

First Known Use

Verb (1)

1846, in the meaning defined above

Noun (1)

circa 1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun (2)

1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

circa 1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of crap was in 1843

Dictionary Entries Near crap

Cite this Entry

“Crap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crap. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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