shrap|ʃræp| Colloq.abbrev. of shrapnel. 1918in Hamilton & Corbin Echoes from Over There (1919) xi. 125 They come fast at times too... I mean shrap and heavies.1920Amer. Legion Weekly 4 June 15 Top kicks whose skulls no shrap could dent.1944Yank 7 Apr. 3 The shrap is flying like rain.