crap

English Online Dictionary. What means crap‎? What does crap mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

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)

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

3. (slang, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Nonsense; something untrue.

4. (slang, mildly vulgar) Feces.

5. (slang, mildly vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.

Usage notes

• The vulgarity of crap is a contentious topic, with many considering it to be a swear word while others do not; on the contrary, many consider it a euphemism for shit. Nevertheless, it is generally considered to be impolite and is typically avoided in formal speech and writing.

Synonyms

• (faeces): poop, poo, dump, crud, shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for, or minced form of, shit in all its senses.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

crap (third-person singular simple present craps, present participle crapping, simple past and past participle crapped)

1. (mildly vulgar, slang, intransitive) To defecate.

2. (mildly vulgar, slang, transitive) To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).

3. (India, mildly vulgar, slang, transitive) To bullshit.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

crap (comparative crapper, superlative crappest)

1. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of poor quality.

Alternative forms

• crappy (chiefly Canada, US)

Synonyms

• lousy
• shit
• shite
• bollocks
• crud

Derived terms

• crapness

Interjection

crap

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

Translations

Etymology 2

From crab's eyes.

Noun

crap (plural craps)

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

Derived terms

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

Irish

Alternative forms

• crup

Etymology

From Middle Irish crapaid, ultimately from Norse, related to krappr.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /kɾˠapˠ/, /kɾˠɑpˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɾˠɞpˠ/ (corresponding to the form crup)

Verb

crap (present analytic crapann, future analytic crapfaidh, verbal noun crapadh, past participle craptha)

1. (ambitransitive) to shrink ((cause to) become smaller), constrict (to narrow)
2. (intransitive) to contract (draw together, shorten, lessen)
3. (transitive) to crumple (cause to collapse)
4. to purse (press (the lips) together)
5. to roll up (make into a cylindrical or fold-like shape)

Conjugation

Mutation

References

Further reading

• 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

1. alternative form of crappe

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Slavic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krap/

Noun

crap m (plural crapi)

1. Cyprinus carpio; European carp, common carp

Declension

References

Romansch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krap]

Noun

crap m (plural craps)

1. rock, stone

References

• “crap”, in Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (in German)

Scots

Etymology

From late Middle English crop

Noun

crap (plural craps)

1. Crop (and hence head, particularly of plants or top).

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English crap, from Old French crappe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krap/

Noun

crap (plural crappès)

1. 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