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: 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.
    The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
  3. (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.
  4. (slang, mildly vulgar) Feces.
    I stepped in some dog crap that was on the sidewalk.
  5. (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; 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.
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Verb

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

  1. (mildly vulgar, slang, intransitive) To defecate.
    That soup tasted funny, and now I need to crap.
  2. (mildly vulgar, slang, transitive) To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
    He almost crapped his pants from fright.
  3. (India, mildly vulgar, slang, transitive) To bullshit.
    Don't try to crap me: I know you're lying.
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Adjective

crap (comparative crapper, superlative crappest)

  1. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of poor quality.
    I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.
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Interjection

crap

  1. (slang, mildly 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

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.
    • 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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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish crapaid,[2] ultimately from Norse, related to krappr.

Pronunciation

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

conjugation of crap (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun crapadh
past participle craptha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present crapaim crapann tú;
crapair† 		crapann sé, sí crapaimid crapann sibh crapann siad;
crapaid† 		a chrapann; a chrapas /
a gcrapann* 		craptar
past chrap mé; chrapas chrap tú; chrapais chrap sé, sí chrapamar; chrap muid chrap sibh; chrapabhair chrap siad; chrapadar a chrap /
ar chrap* 		crapadh
past habitual chrapainn / gcrapainn‡‡ chraptá / gcraptᇇ chrapadh sé, sí / gcrapadh sé, s퇇 chrapaimis; chrapadh muid / gcrapaimis‡‡; gcrapadh muid‡‡ chrapadh sibh / gcrapadh sibh‡‡ chrapaidís; chrapadh siad / gcrapaidís‡‡; gcrapadh siad‡‡ a chrapadh /
a gcrapadh* 		chraptaí / gcrapta퇇
future crapfaidh mé;
crapfad 		crapfaidh tú;
crapfair† 		crapfaidh sé, sí crapfaimid;
crapfaidh muid 		crapfaidh sibh crapfaidh siad;
crapfaid† 		a chrapfaidh; a chrapfas /
a gcrapfaidh* 		crapfar
conditional chrapfainn / gcrapfainn‡‡ chrapfá / gcrapfᇇ chrapfadh sé, sí / gcrapfadh sé, s퇇 chrapfaimis; chrapfadh muid / gcrapfaimis‡‡; gcrapfadh muid‡‡ chrapfadh sibh / gcrapfadh sibh‡‡ chrapfaidís; chrapfadh siad / gcrapfaidís‡‡; gcrapfadh siad‡‡ a chrapfadh /
a gcrapfadh* 		chrapfaí / gcrapfa퇇
subjunctive
present go gcrapa mé;
go gcrapad† 		go gcrapa tú;
go gcrapair† 		go gcrapa sé, sí go gcrapaimid;
go gcrapa muid 		go gcrapa sibh go gcrapa siad;
go gcrapaid† 		— go gcraptar
past dá gcrapainn dá gcraptá dá gcrapadh sé, sí dá gcrapaimis;
dá gcrapadh muid 		dá gcrapadh sibh dá gcrapaidís;
dá gcrapadh siad 		— dá gcraptaí
imperative
– crapaim crap crapadh sé, sí crapaimis crapaigí;
crapaidh† 		crapaidís — craptar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of crap
radical lenition eclipsis
crap chrap gcrap

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “crap”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crapaid, crapaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 162
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 60, page 26

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

crap

  1. alternative form of crappe

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Slavic.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krap/

Noun

crap m (plural crapi)

  1. Cyprinus carpio; European carp, common carp

Declension

Declension of crap
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative crap crapul crapi crapii
genitive-dative crap crapului crapi crapilor
vocative crapule crapilor

References

  1. ^ Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 402

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
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