crap

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verb (1)

ˈkrap 

crapped; crapping

intransitive verb

usually vulgar

: defecate

crap

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noun (1)

1

a

usually vulgar : feces

b

usually vulgar : the act of defecating

2

slang, sometimes vulgar : nonsense, rubbish

also : stuff sense 4b

crap

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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

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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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

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

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