crap

Meanings

Noun

• The husk of grain; chaff.
• Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
• Nonsense; something untrue.
• Faeces/feces.
• An act of defecation.
• A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.

Verb

• To defecate.
• To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
• To bullshit.

Adjective

• Of poor quality.

Interjection

• Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance, or dismay.

Related

Similar words

• poop, poo, dump, shit. Note: often used as a less vulgar synonym for, or minced form of, shit in all its senses.
• See bullshit
• lousy
• shit
• shite
• bollocks

Origin

• From Middle English crap, also in plural: crappen, crappys, craps, from Old French crappe, crapin (compare Medieval Latin crappa, also crapinum), from Old Dutch krappen ("to cut off, pluck off") (whence Middle Dutch crappe, crap, whence Dutch krip ("a steak")). Related to crop.
• From crab's eyes.