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crap¹

(krăp) Vulgar Slang

1. Excrement.

2. An act of defecating.

3. Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.

4. Cheap or shoddy material.

5. Miscellaneous or disorganized items; clutter.

6. Insolent talk or behavior.

7. Used for intensive effect in idioms such as beat the crap out of (someone) for beat (someone) very badly.

intr.v. crapped, crap·ping, craps

To defecate.

interj.

Used to express anger or displeasure.

Phrasal Verb:

crap up

To make a mess of; bungle.

[Middle English crappe, chaff, from Old French crappe, from Medieval Latin crappa, perhaps of Germanic origin.]

crap²

(krăp)

1. See craps.

2. A losing first throw in the game of craps.

v. crapped, crap·ping, craps

To make a losing throw in the game of craps. Usually used with out.

Phrasal Verb:

crap out Slang

1. To fail to keep a commitment or promise: crapped out on me when I needed him.

2. To fail to function properly: The old TV crapped out again.

3. To leave: crapped out of the meeting early.

[Back-formation from craps.]

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crap

(kræp)

1. (Gambling, except Cards) a losing throw in the game of craps

2. (Gambling, except Cards) another name for craps

[C20: back formation from craps]

crap

(kræp)

1. nonsense

2. rubbish

3. (Physiology) another word for faeces

vb, craps, crapping or crapped

(Physiology) (intr) another word for defecate

[C15 crappe chaff, from Middle Dutch, probably from crappen to break off]

Usage: This word was formerly considered to be taboo, and it was labelled as such in older editions of Collins English Dictionary. However, it has now become acceptable in speech, although some older or more conservative people may object to its use

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crap¹

(kræp)

n., v. crapped, crap•ping. n.

1. Slang: Usu. Vulgar.

a. excrement.

b. an act of defecation.

2. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.

a. nonsense; drivel.

b. falsehood, exaggeration, or the like.

3. junk; litter.

v.i.

4. Slang: Usu. Vulgar. to defecate.

[1375–1425; late Middle English crap chaff < Middle Dutch]

crap²

(kræp)

n., v. crapped, crap•ping. n.

1. (in craps) a losing first throw of 2, 3, or 12.

2. craps.

3. crap out,

a. to throw craps or a 7 rather than one's point.

b. Slang. to abandon an undertaking; give up.

[1835–45, Amer.; back formation from craps]

crap

Past participle: crapped
Gerund: crapping

Imperative
crap
crap

Present
I crap
you crap
he/she/it craps
we crap
you crap
they crap

Preterite
I crapped
you crapped
he/she/it crapped
we crapped
you crapped
they crapped

Present Continuous
I am crapping
you are crapping
he/she/it is crapping
we are crapping
you are crapping
they are crapping

Present Perfect
I have crapped
you have crapped
he/she/it has crapped
we have crapped
you have crapped
they have crapped

Past Continuous
I was crapping
you were crapping
he/she/it was crapping
we were crapping
you were crapping
they were crapping

Past Perfect
I had crapped
you had crapped
he/she/it had crapped
we had crapped
you had crapped
they had crapped

Future
I will crap
you will crap
he/she/it will crap
we will crap
you will crap
they will crap

Future Perfect
I will have crapped
you will have crapped
he/she/it will have crapped
we will have crapped
you will have crapped
they will have crapped

Future Continuous
I will be crapping
you will be crapping
he/she/it will be crapping
we will be crapping
you will be crapping
they will be crapping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been crapping
you have been crapping
he/she/it has been crapping
we have been crapping
you have been crapping
they have been crapping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been crapping
you will have been crapping
he/she/it will have been crapping
we will have been crapping
you will have been crapping
they will have been crapping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been crapping
you had been crapping
he/she/it had been crapping
we had been crapping
you had been crapping
they had been crapping

Conditional
I would crap
you would crap
he/she/it would crap
we would crap
you would crap
they would crap

Past Conditional
I would have crapped
you would have crapped
he/she/it would have crapped
we would have crapped
you would have crapped
they would have crapped

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Noun	1.	crap - obscene terms for feces poop, shit, shite, turd, dirt dirty word, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection, stool - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
	2.	crap - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" bullshit, horseshit, Irish bull, shit, bull bunkum, guff, hogwash, buncombe, rot, bunk - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) dirty word, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase
Verb	1.	crap - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" ca-ca, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" dung - defecate; used of animals

crap

noun

Slang. Something that does not have or make sense:

balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.

Informal: tommyrot.

Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, hooey, malarkey.

Translations

Kacke Mist

chingadera mierda

jamapasksitt

kakkapaska

cagadecaguercrottenul à chier

かす

sūds

poep rotzooi

bzdura gówno

căcatrahat

говно мякина фигня хреновина хрень

skräp

crap

[kræp]

A. N

1. (= faeces) → mierda f

2. (= nonsense) → estupideces fpl, macanas fpl, gilipolleces fpl (Sp) , huevadas fpl (Chile, Andes) , boludeces fpl (S. Cone)
that's crap → eso son gilipolleces, eso es una chorrada
to talk crap → decir gilipolleces, decir chorradas

3. (= unwanted items) → porquería f

B. ADJ [joke, job] → pésimo
the film was crap → la película era una mierda
to be crap → ser una mierda
I'm crap at football → yo jugando al fútbol soy una mierda or soy malísimo

C. VI → cagar

crap out VI + ADV (US)

1. (= back down) → rajarse

2. (= fail) → fracasar

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crap

[ˈkræp]

(= nonsense) → conneries fpl

(= faeces) → merde f
to have a crap (= defecate) → chier

adj (= worthless) → nul (nulle)

vi (= defecate) → chier

crap

(sl) → Scheiße f (vulg); to go for a crap → scheißen gehen (vulg); to have or take a crap → scheißen (vulg)

(inf: = rubbish) → Scheiße f (inf); a load of crap → große Scheiße (inf)

vi (sl) → scheißen (vulg)

adj attr (inf) joke, job etc → Scheiß- (inf)

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crap

[kræp] (fam!) n → merda (fam!); (nonsense) → cazzate fpl (fam!)
to have a crap → cacare (fam!)

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