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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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”)). Related to crop.
Noun
crap (usually uncountable, plural craps)
- (obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.
- (slang, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
- (slang, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Nonsense; something untrue.
The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but that claim was utter crap.
- (slang, mildly vulgar) Faeces/feces.
I stepped in some dog crap that was on the sidewalk.
- (slang, mildly vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.
I have to take a crap.
Usage notes
- The vulgarity of crap is a contentious topic, with many considering it to be a swear word while others do not. Nevertheless, it is generally considered to be impolite and is typically avoided in formal speech and writing.
Synonyms
- (faeces): poop, poo, dump, shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for, or minced form of, shit in all its senses.
Derived terms
Translations
husk of grain
— see chaff
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, bouse (fr) f
- Galician: trapallada (gl) f, trangallada (gl) f, porcallada f
- Georgian: სუსტი (susṭi)
- German: Mist (de) m
- Hebrew: חָרָא (he) m (ḥára)
- Italian: schifezza (it) f, porcheria (it) f, cesso (it) m, ciofeca (it) f, schifo (it) m
- Japanese: かす (ja) (kasu)
- Korean: 개털 (gaeteol)
- 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, porquería (es) f, mierda (es) f
- Swedish: skräp (sv) n
- Thai: ห่วย (th) (hùay), ตกกระป๋อง (dtòk gràbpŏng), จีนแดง (jeen daeng)
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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)
- Hebrew: חָרָא (he) m (ḥára)
- Italian: sciocchezza (it) f, cagata (it) f, stronzata (it) f, cazzata (it) f, cacata (it) f
- Korean: 개털 (gaeteol)
- 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: patrañas (es) f pl, estupidez (es) f, pendejada (es) f, huevada (es) f, boludez f
- Swedish: skräp (sv) n
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feces
- Arabic: خَرَاء pl (ḵarāʔ), بُرَاز m (burāz)
- Hijazi Arabic: خرا pl (ḵara)
- Armenian: քաք (kʻakʻ)
- Bengali: হাগু (bn) (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)
- 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
- Old English: meox n
- Ottoman Turkish: پیسلك (pislik)
- Plautdietsch: Schiet n
- 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, mierda (es) f
- Swedish: skit (sv) c
- Thai: อุจจาระ (th) (ùt-jaa-rá)
- Vietnamese: phân (vi), cứt (vi)
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Verb
crap (third-person singular simple present craps, present participle crapping, simple past and past participle crapped)
- (mildly vulgar, slang, intransitive) To defecate.
That soup tasted funny, and now I need to crap.
- (mildly vulgar, slang, transitive) To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
He almost crapped his pants from fright.
- (India, mildly vulgar, slang, transitive) To bullshit.
Don't try to crap me: I know you're lying.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
crap (comparative crapper, superlative crappest)
- (chiefly UK, Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of poor quality.
I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Derived terms
Interjection
crap
- (slang, often vulgar) 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
- Bulgarian: гадост (bg) (gadost)
- Danish: møg
- French: crotte (fr), merde (fr), putain (fr)
- German: Mist (de)
- Greek: σκατά (el) (skatá), σιχτίρ (el) (sichtír)
- Hebrew: חָרָא (he) m (ḥára)
- Khmer: អានរក (aa nɔrʊək)
- Polish: kurde (pl)
- Portuguese: bosta (pt) f, merda (pt) f, porcaria! (pt), droga! (pt), credo! (pt) m
- Romanian: rahat (ro)
- Russian: чёрт (ru) (čort), блядь (ru) (bljadʹ) (vulgar)
- Spanish: cuernos (es), mierda (es) f
- Swedish: skit (sv), jäklar (sv), jävlar (sv)
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Etymology 2
From crab's eyes.
Noun
crap (plural craps)
- (gambling, dice games) A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
- Attributive form of craps.
1974, John Savage, The Winner’s Guide to Dice, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, page 16:To test the possibility that her husband’s luck was indestructible, Mary went to the crap tables and made a small bet.
1992, Edward Allen, Mustang Sally, New York, N.Y., London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 72:I step up to the least-crowded crap table, taking my place to the right of a country-and-western-type stickwoman with tightly permed blond hair who looks as if she would be more comfortable dressed in the square-dance outfit of the Frontier than wearing the chinoiserie, or maybe the japonaiserie, of her purple kimono uniform.
2014 December 29, William Baldwin, “Yield Games”, in Forbes, page 103:Separately, you are playing in a crap game. The crap bets earn you $20,000 a year so long as rates stay put but could cost you a $100,000 or $200,000 loss if rates go up.
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Anagrams
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish crapaid, ultimately from Norse, related to krappr.
Pronunciation
Verb
crap (present analytic crapann, future analytic crapfaidh, verbal noun crapadh, past participle craptha)
- (transitive, intransitive) to shrink ((cause to) become smaller), constrict (to narrow)
- (intransitive) to contract (draw together, shorten, lessen)
- (transitive) to crumple (cause to collapse)
- to purse (press (the lips) together)
- to roll up (make into a cylindrical or fold-like shape)
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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crapaim
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crapann tú; crapair†
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crapann sé, sí
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crapaimid
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crapann sibh
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crapann siad; crapaid†
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a chrapann; a chrapas / a gcrapann*; a gcrapas*
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craptar
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past
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chrap mé; chrapas
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chrap tú; chrapais
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chrap sé, sí
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chrapamar; chrap muid
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chrap sibh; chrapabhair
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chrap siad; chrapadar
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a chrap / ar chrap*
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crapadh
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past habitual
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chrapainn / gcrapainn‡‡
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chraptá / gcraptᇇ
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chrapadh sé, sí / gcrapadh sé, s퇇
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chrapaimis; chrapadh muid / gcrapaimis‡‡; gcrapadh muid‡‡
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chrapadh sibh / gcrapadh sibh‡‡
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chrapaidís; chrapadh siad / gcrapaidís‡‡; gcrapadh siad‡‡
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a chrapadh / a gcrapadh*
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chraptaí / gcrapta퇇
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future
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crapfaidh mé; crapfad
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crapfaidh tú; crapfair†
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crapfaidh sé, sí
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crapfaimid; crapfaidh muid
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crapfaidh sibh
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crapfaidh siad; crapfaid†
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a chrapfaidh; a chrapfas / a gcrapfaidh*; a gcrapfas*
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crapfar
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conditional
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chrapfainn / gcrapfainn‡‡
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chrapfá / gcrapfᇇ
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chrapfadh sé, sí / gcrapfadh sé, s퇇
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chrapfaimis; chrapfadh muid / gcrapfaimis‡‡; gcrapfadh muid‡‡
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chrapfadh sibh / gcrapfadh sibh‡‡
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chrapfaidís; chrapfadh siad / gcrapfaidís‡‡; gcrapfadh siad‡‡
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a chrapfadh / a gcrapfadh*
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chrapfaí / gcrapfa퇇
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subjunctive
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present
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go gcrapa mé; go gcrapad†
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go gcrapa tú; go gcrapair†
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go gcrapa sé, sí
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go gcrapaimid; go gcrapa muid
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go gcrapa sibh
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go gcrapa siad; go gcrapaid†
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go gcraptar
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past
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dá gcrapainn
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dá gcraptá
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dá gcrapadh sé, sí
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dá gcrapaimis; dá gcrapadh muid
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dá gcrapadh sibh
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dá gcrapaidís; dá gcrapadh siad
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dá gcraptaí
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imperative
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crapaim
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crap
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crapadh sé, sí
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crapaimis
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crapaigí; crapaidh†
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crapaidís
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—
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craptar
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verbal noun
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crapadh
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past participle
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craptha
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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crap
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chrap
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gcrap
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- “crap”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crapaid, crapaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “crapaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 191
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crap”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Middle English
Noun
crap
- Alternative form of crappe
Romanian
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian krap and Bulgarian крап (krap).
Pronunciation
Noun
crap m (plural crapi)
- Cyprinus carpio; European carp, common carp
Declension
Romansch
Pronunciation
Noun
crap m (plural craps)
- stone
Scots
Etymology
From late Middle English crop
Noun
crap (plural craps)
- Crop (and hence head, particularly of plants or top).
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English crap, from Old French crappe.
Pronunciation
Noun
crap (plural crappès)
- Part of a faggot or bush, withered furze, cut, but not made into faggots.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32