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nounPlural craps krapkræp mass nounvulgar slang 1Something of extremely poor quality. - 1.1 Nonsense.
Synonyms rubbish, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, guff, blather, blether - 1.2 Unwanted articles; rubbish.
Synonyms refuse, waste, garbage, litter, discarded matter, debris, detritus, scrap, dross
2Excrement. - 2.1count noun An act of defecation.
verbcraps, crapping, crapped krapkræp [no object]vulgar slang 2crap onBritish Talk at length in a foolish or boring way.
adjective krapkræp British vulgar slang Extremely poor in quality. Synonyms substandard, poor, inferior, second-rate, second-class, unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, not up to scratch, not up to par, deficient, imperfect, defective, faulty, shoddy, amateurish, careless, negligent
Origin Middle English: related to Dutch krappe, from krappen 'pluck or cut off', and perhaps also to Old French crappe 'siftings', Anglo-Latin crappa 'chaff'. The original sense was 'chaff', later 'residue from rendering fat', also 'dregs of beer'. Current senses date from the late 19th century. Crap is related to Dutch krappe, from krappen ‘pluck or cut off ’, and perhaps also to Old French crappe ‘siftings’, Anglo-Latin crappa ‘chaff’. The original sense was ‘chaff’, later coming to mean ‘residue from rendering fat’ as well as ‘dregs of beer’. Current senses meaning ‘something of poor quality’, ‘rubbish’, ‘nonsense’, ‘excrement’, date from the late 19th century and share the notion of ‘rejected matter’. See also crabbed
Rhymes bap, cap, chap, clap, dap, entrap, enwrap, flap, frap, gap, giftwrap, hap, knap, lap, Lapp, map, nap, nappe, pap, rap, sap, schappe, scrap, slap, snap, strap, tap, trap, wrap, yap, zap nounPlural craps krapkræp North American A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
verbcraps, crapping, crappedkrapkræp [no object]crap outNorth American informal 1Make a losing throw at craps. he put all his chips on the table and rolled the dice—sooner or later he had to crap out - 1.1 Give up an activity because of fear or fatigue.
when entrepreneurs get to $1 billion they crap out and turn their companies over to others Example sentencesExamples - That's when you're in a band and your bassist craps out on you.
- Hubert was a huffing and puffing and smoking, and his heart was ready to crap out.
- That was my chance to strike up a conversation, but oh no, my heart had to crap out right then and there.
- 1.2 Fail in an attempt.
the Rams almost crapped out late in the game - 1.3 (of a machine) break down.
his teleprompter crapped out Example sentencesExamples - This means that there is a very good chance that the cable modem will crap out at some point today.
- Chris was also converting images into DIVs, and he probably noticed that as the DIV count increased on screen, the browsers would crap out.
- My DVR crapped out and I lost everything before I was able to watch.
Origin Early 20th century: from craps. nounkræpkrap vulgar slang 1Something of extremely poor quality. - 1.1 Nonsense.
Synonyms rubbish, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, guff, blather, blether - 1.2 Rubbish; junk.
Synonyms refuse, waste, garbage, litter, discarded matter, debris, detritus, scrap, dross
2Excrement. - 2.1 An act of defecation.
verbkræpkrap [no object]vulgar slang 2crap onBritish Talk at length in a foolish or boring way.
adjectivekræpkrap British vulgar slang Extremely poor in quality. Synonyms substandard, poor, inferior, second-rate, second-class, unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, not up to scratch, not up to par, deficient, imperfect, defective, faulty, shoddy, amateurish, careless, negligent
Origin Late Middle English: related to Dutch krappe, from krappen ‘pluck or cut off’, and perhaps also to Old French crappe ‘siftings’, Anglo-Latin crappa ‘chaff’. The original sense was ‘chaff’, later ‘residue from rendering fat’, also ‘dregs of beer’. Current senses date from the late 19th century. nounkræpkrap North American A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
verbkræpkrap [no object]crap outNorth American informal 1Make a losing throw at craps. - 1.1 Withdraw from or give up on a game or activity because of fear or fatigue.
when entrepreneurs get to $1 billion they crap out and turn their companies over to others Example sentencesExamples - That's when you're in a band and your bassist craps out on you.
- That was my chance to strike up a conversation, but oh no, my heart had to crap out right then and there.
- Hubert was a huffing and puffing and smoking, and his heart was ready to crap out.
- 1.2 Fail in what one is attempting to do.
the Rams almost crapped out late in the game - 1.3 (of a machine) break down.
his teleprompter crapped out Example sentencesExamples - This means that there is a very good chance that the cable modem will crap out at some point today.
- My DVR crapped out and I lost everything before I was able to watch.
- Chris was also converting images into DIVs, and he probably noticed that as the DIV count increased on screen, the browsers would crap out.
Origin Early 20th century: from craps. |