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crapper

US/ˈkɹæ.pɚ/

crapper noun: a chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper. Also the comparative form of crap.

Noun (1)

crapper (plural crappers)

  1. (mildly, slang, vulgar) A chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.
  2. (mildly, slang, vulgar) A lavatory or outhouse.
    • I purchased your magazine for the first and last time. What the hell is it? (..) It wasn't even good reading material for the crapper.1994 December, Spy, Sussex Publishers, LLC., page 10

Noun (2)

crapper (plural crappers)

  1. A half-glass of whiskey.

Noun (3)

crapper (plural crappers)

  1. (derogatory, often, slang, vulgar) A rapper, or a performer of rap music.

Proper noun capitalized: Crapper

Crapper

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Cropper (“a cropper”).

Noun (4) capitalized: Crapper

Crapper (plural Crappers)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of crapper: a toilet from the firm of Thomas Crapper.

Also used as

crapper is also the comparative form of crap.

Synonyms of crapper

Forms of crapper

pluralcrappers
pluralCrappers

Origin of crapper

From crap + -er, although possibly repopularized by barracks employing Thomas Crapper's plumbing fixtures used during the First World War. The occupational surname Crapper derives from a dialectal variant of cropper (“harvester of crops, farmer”).

Unknown.

Blend of crap (“implying that rap music is inferior”) + rapper.

Words that rhyme with crapper

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Questions about crapper

What does crapper mean?
Crapper means a chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.
What part of speech is crapper?
Crapper can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce crapper?
Crapper is pronounced /ˈkɹæ.pɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of crapper?
The plural of crapper is crappers.

Words near crapper in the dictionary

  1. crapped
  2. crapped around
  3. crapped on
  4. crapped out
  5. crapped up
  6. crapper
  7. crapperific
  8. crappers
  9. crappery
  10. crappest
  11. crappie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crapper (page history and authors); Crapper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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