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craps

/kɹæps/

craps noun: a game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap. Also the plural of crap.

craps: a game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap
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Noun (1)

craps pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.
    • “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […]”1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XII, in The Understanding Heart
    • What's the haps on the craps?1992, Ice Cube, “It Was a Good Day”, in The Predator

Noun (2)

craps

  1. (slang, vulgar) (preceded by the) diarrhea

Also used as

craps is also the plural of crap.

craps is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of crap.

Examples of craps in a sentence

  • Sgt. Smith fleeced most of the rest of the outpost of their earnings in their weekly game of craps.
  • Craps involves someone rolling the dice (a shooter) and additional bettors.
  • The other day, while at a craps table at Argosy, I saw a 12-11-10 countdown.

All 11 example sentences with craps

Forms of craps

alternative attributivecrap

Origin of craps

From Louisiana Creole craps, a corruption of English crabs.

Plural of crap.

Verb form of crap.

Words formed from craps

Phrases with craps

Words that rhyme with craps

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Questions about craps

What does craps mean?
Craps means a game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.
What part of speech is craps?
Craps is a noun.
How do you pronounce craps?
Craps is pronounced /kɹæps/.

Words near craps in the dictionary

  1. crappos
  2. Crapps
  3. crappuccino
  4. crappuccinos
  5. crappy
  6. craps
  7. craps around
  8. craps on
  9. craps out
  10. craps up
  11. crapsack

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: craps (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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