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crapping up

crapping up is the present participle and gerund of crap up.

Meaning of crap up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar) To ruin, botch, bungle; to make a mess of.
    • This whole thing's his big, bright idea because they don't like having me around crapping up their big, romantic weekends.1998, Charlotte Vale Allen, Meet Me in Time, page 177
  2. (idiomatic, mildly, slang, vulgar) To go wrong; to foul up; to make a mistake.
    • I really crapped up on my fucking school work, so I had to do that frustrating piece of shit all over again.
  3. (idiomatic, slang) To lie, mislead or give someone bullshit; to tell someone what they want to hear.

Questions about crapping up

What is crapping up the present participle and gerund of?
Crapping up is the present participle and gerund of crap up.

Words near crapping up in the dictionary

  1. crappiness
  2. crapping
  3. crapping around
  4. crapping on
  5. crapping out
  6. crapping up
  7. crappit-head
  8. crappit-heads
  9. crappitude
  10. crappity
  11. crapplet

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