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crap

UK/kɹæp/ US/ˈkræp/ common slang
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

obscene words for unacceptable behavior

  • “I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk”
  • “what he said was mostly bull”
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verb

1.

have a bowel movement

  • “The dog had made in the flower beds”
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Origin

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”)).

Phrases

  • and crap
  • beat the crap out of
  • black plastic crap
  • crap around
  • crap artist
  • crap circus
  • crap hat
  • crap on
  • crap on a stick
  • crap one's pants
  • crap oneself
  • crap out

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