crud

See also: CRUD

English

Etymology

Said to be a metathesis variant of Middle English curd, which would be an unconscious return to the original form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹʌd/
• Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

crud (plural cruds)

1. Dirt, filth or refuse.
2. (figuratively, by extension) Something of poor quality.
3. Mixed impurities, especially corrosion products in nuclear reactor fuel.
4. A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski.
5. (euphemistic) Feces; excrement.
6. A contemptible person.
7. (slang, US, military and students) venereal disease, or (later) any disease.
8. A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.

Derived terms

• cruddy

Translations

dirt, filth or refuse

• Dutch: rotzooi (nl), smurrie, troep (nl), viezigheid
• Finnish: sakka, moska (fi), saasta

• Russian: гадость (ru) f (gádostʹ), дрянь (ru) f (drjanʹ), мура (ru) f (murá)
• Spanish: basura f, desperdicio m

heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski

• Dutch: smurrie
• Finnish: nuoskalumi (fi)

• Russian: слякоть (ru) f (sljákotʹ)

feces

• Dutch: stront (nl), schijterij
• French: merde (fr)
• German: Scheiße (de), Mist (de)
• Russian: дерьмо (ru) n (ferʹmó), говно (ru) n (govnó)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кака f

  Roman: kaka f

• Spanish: caca f, mierda f

contemptible person

• Dutch: rotvent m, smeerlap (nl) m, viezerik (nl) m

• Russian: подонок (ru) m (podónok), мразь (ru) f (mrazʹ), сволочь (ru) f (svóločʹ), падла (ru) m, f (pádla)

slang for disease

• Dutch: smeerlapperij (nl), viezigheid

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• French: ^{(please verify)} crud (fr), ^{(please verify)} crude (fr)

Interjection

crud

1. Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn.

Anagrams

• curd

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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin crūdus.

Adjective

crud

1. raw, uncooked
2. crude, brutal, cruel

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French creu, with the d added back to reflect the Latin crūdus.

Adjective

crud m (feminine singular crude, masculine plural cruds, feminine plural crudes)

1. raw; uncooked

   poysson crud

   raw fish

Descendants

• French: cru

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin crūdus.

Adjective

crud ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. raw, uncooked, (of fruits) unripe
2. brutal, cruel, barbarous

Declension

declension of crud

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	crud		crudă	cruzi	crude
	definite	crudul		cruda	cruzii	crudele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	crud		crude	cruzi	crude
	definite	crudului		crudei	cruzilor	crudelor

Synonyms

• (raw, uncooked): necopt
• (brutal, cruel): brut, crunt, cumplit

Antonyms

• (raw, uncooked): copt

Derived terms

• cruzime

Related terms

• cruditate noun