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craps up

craps up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 craps up

What is craps up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Craps up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of crap up.

Words near craps up in the dictionary

  1. crappy
  2. craps
  3. craps around
  4. craps on
  5. craps out
  6. craps up
  7. crapsack
  8. crapsacks
  9. Crapsey
  10. Crapseys
  11. crapshit

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