crap

See also: CRAP and crăp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

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Etymology 1

From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappen, crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), 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”)). Related to crop.

Noun

crap (usually uncountable, plural craps)

1. (obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.
2. (slang, mildly vulgar) Something of poor quality.

   The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.

3. (slang, mildly vulgar) Something that is rubbish; nonsense.

   The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but the professor judged it as utter crap.

4. (slang, mildly vulgar) Faeces or feces.
5. (slang, mildly vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.

   I have to take a crap.

6. (slang, mildly vulgar) Useless object or entity.

   What is that? It's just a bunch of crap.

Synonyms

• (faeces): poop, poo, dump, shit

Translations

husk of grain

• Dutch: kaf (nl) n
• Hungarian: korpa (hu)
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• Italian: crusca (it) f
• Russian: мяки́на (ru) m (mjakína)

something of poor quality

• Afrikaans: kak
• Dutch: rotzooi (nl) m or f
• Estonian: saast, jama, pask (et), sitt (et)
• Finnish: paska (fi)
• French: saleté (fr) f, ordure (fr) f, crotte (fr) f, merde (fr) f
• Galician: trapallada (gl) f, trangallada (gl) f, porcallada f
• Georgian: სუსტი (susṭi)
• German: Mist (de) m
• Hebrew: חָרָא (he) m (ḥára)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: schifezza (it) f, porcheria (it) f, cesso (it) m, ciofeca (it) f, schifo (it) m
• Japanese: かす (ja) (kasu)
• Polish: dziadostwo (pl) n, szajs (pl) m inan, badziewie (pl) n
• Portuguese: porcaria (pt) f
• Russian: фигня́ (ru) f (fignjá), отсто́й (ru) m (otstój)
• Spanish: basura (es) f
• Swedish: skräp (sv) n
• Thai: ห่วย (th) (hùay), ตกกระป๋อง (dtòk gràbpŏng), จีนแดง (jeen daeng)

nonsense

• Afrikaans: poef
• Bulgarian: глупости (bg) pl (gluposti)
• Estonian: jama, pask (et)
• Finnish: paska (fi), roska (fi), soopa (fi)
• French: crotte (fr) f, merde (fr) f, conneries (fr) f pl
• Georgian: უაზრობა (uazroba), ნონსენსი (nonsensi), დებილობა (debiloba), ნაგავი (nagavi)
• German: Unsinn (de) m
• Greek: βλακείες (el) f pl (vlakeíes)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: חָרָא (he) m (ḥára)
• Italian: sciocchezza (it) f, cagata (it) f, stronzata (it) f, cazzata (it) f, cacata (it) f
• Polish: pierdoły (pl) pl
• Portuguese: besteira (pt) f
• Romanian: porcărie (ro)
• Russian: чепуха́ (ru) f (čepuxá), фигня́ (ru) f (fignjá), чушь (ru) f (čušʹ), хрень (ru) f (xrenʹ)
• Spanish: mierda (es) f
• Swedish: skräp (sv) n

feces

• Arabic: خَرَاء pl (ḵarāʔ), بُرَاز m (burāz)

  Hijazi Arabic: خرا pl (ḫara)

• Armenian: քաք (kʻakʻ)
• Bengali: হাগু (hagu)
• Bulgarian: лайно n (lajno)
• Czech: hovno (cs) n
• Dutch: poep (nl)
• Estonian: pask (et), sitt (et)
• Finnish: paska (fi), kakka (fi)
• French: crotte (fr) f, caca (fr) m
• Galician: merdallada f, merdada f, baldroada f, foria f, lorda f, zudre m
• Georgian: მძღნერი (mʒɣneri)
• German: Scheiße (de), Kacke (de) f
• Greek: σκατό (el) n (skató), κακά (el) n pl (kaká)
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• Hebrew: חָרָא (he) m (ḥára)
• Italian: schifezza (it), escrementi (it) pl, merda (it), cacca (it) f
• Khmer: លាមក (km) (liemʊək)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: sūds m
• Lithuanian: šūdas (lt) m
• Polish: łajno (pl) n, gówno (pl) n
• Portuguese: bosta (pt) f, merda (pt) f, caca (pt) f
• Romanian: căcat (ro) m, rahat (ro) m
• Russian: дерьмо́ (ru) n (derʹmó), говно́ (ru) n (govnó), гомно́ (ru) n (gomnó)
• Spanish: caca (es) f
• Thai: อุจจาระ (th) (ùt-jaa-rá)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

1. (mildly vulgar, slang) To defecate.
2. (India, mildly vulgar, slang) To bullshit.

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate
• (to BS): See bullshit

Translations

to defecate

• Danish: lave pølse (childish), lave lort (vulgar)
• Latin: cacō (la)
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Derived terms

• crap on - (UK): to talk at length in a foolish or boring way
• to crap something out: to damage or destroy something

Adjective

crap (comparative crapper, superlative crappest)

1. (chiefly UK, Canada, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of poor quality.

   I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.

Alternative forms

• crappy (chiefly Canada, US)

Synonyms

• lousy
• shit
• shite
• bollocks

Interjection

crap

1. (slang) Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance or dismay.

   Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!

   Crap! I lost the game.

   What the crap?!

   Aw, crap, I have to start over again from the beginning of the level.

Translations

expression of worry, disgust

• French: crotte (fr)
• Greek: σκατά (el) (skatá), σιχτίρ (el) (sichtír)
• Hebrew: חָרָא (he) m (ḥára)
• Khmer: អានរក (aa nɔrʊək)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: kurde (pl)
• Portuguese: bosta (pt) f, merda (pt) f
• Russian: чёрт (ru) (čort), блядь (ru) (bljadʹ) (vulgar)
• Spanish: mierda (es) f
• Swedish: skit (sv), jäklar, jävlar (sv)

Etymology 2

From crab's eyes.

Noun

crap (plural craps)

1. (gambling, dice games) A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.

Derived terms

• crap out
• crapola
• crapulation

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) “Crap”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• -carp, ACPR, APCR, CARP, Carp, RCAP, carp, parc, prac

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Romanian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian krap and Bulgarian крап (krap).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krap/

Noun

crap m (plural crapi)

1. Cyprinus carpio; European carp, common carp

Declension

Declension of crap

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) crap	crapul	(niște) crapi	crapii
genitive/dative	(unui) crap	crapului	(unor) crapi	crapilor
vocative	crapule		crapilor

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Romansch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krap]

Noun

crap m (plural craps)

1. stone