crap

Noun (1)

crap (usually uncountable, plural craps)

1. (obsolete, usually) The husk of grain; chaff.
2. (mildly, slang, usually, vulgar) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
   • The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
   • "My wife and I have asked a crowd of craps
     To come and waste their time and ours: perhaps
     You'd care to join us?"1971, Philip Larkin, Vers de Société
3. (mildly, slang, usually, vulgar) Nonsense; something untrue.
   • The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but that claim was utter crap.
   • 'Be seeing you.' 'Crap,' said the negro with conviction. 'Get goin'.'1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 62
4. (mildly, slang, usually, vulgar) Feces.
   • I stepped in some dog crap that was on the sidewalk.

   Synonyms:

   poop

5. (countable, mildly, slang, usually, vulgar) An act of defecation.
   • I have to take a crap.

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar) To defecate.
   • That soup tasted funny, and now I need to crap.
   • 'Well, the case is all yours,' said Binswanger grudgingly. 'But the Commissioner sure don't like having this bastard crappin' away on his own front doorstep while Mr Hoover sits down in Washington well to leeward of the stink. Why don't we pull him in on tax evasion or misuse of the mails or...1954, Ian Fleming, “The Big Switchboard”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 36

   Synonyms:

   defecate

2. (mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar) To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
   • He almost crapped his pants from fright.
3. (India, mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar) To bullshit.
   • Don't try to crap me: I know you're lying.

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.

   Synonyms:

   cruddy, lousy, mid, second-rate, shoddy, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf

Interjection

1. (mildly, slang, 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.

Noun (2)

crap (plural craps)

1. A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.

Proper noun capitalized: CRAP

CRAP

1. (Canada, abbreviation, derogatory, humorous, initialism) Initialism of Conservative-Reform Alliance Party, since merged into the Canadian Alliance.

   Synonyms:

   RCAP, CA