Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense craps, present participle crapping, past tense, past participle crapped
1. adjective
If you describe something as crap, you think that it is wrong or of very poor quality.
[informal, rude, disapproval]
Crap is also a noun.
It is a tedious, humourless load of crap.
2. uncountable noun
Crap is sometimes used to refer to faeces.
[informal, rude]
3. verb
To crap means to get rid of faeces from your body.
[informal, rude]
4. uncountable noun
Craps or crap is a gambling game, played mainly in North America, in which you throw two dice and bet what the total will be.
I'll shoot some craps or play some blackjack.
crap in British English1
(kræp)
noun
1.
a losing throw in the game of craps
2. another name for craps
Word origin
C20: back formation from craps
crap in British English2
(kræp) slang
noun
1.
nonsense
2.
rubbish
3. another word for faeces
verbWord forms: craps, crapping or crapped
4. (intransitive) another word for defecate
▶ USAGE This word was formerly considered to be taboo, and it was labelled as such in oldereditions of Collins English Dictionary. However, it has now become acceptable in speech, although more conservative peoplemay object to its use
Word origin
C15 crappe chaff, from Middle Dutch, probably from crappen to break off
crap in American English1
(kræp)
US
noun
1.
craps (sense 1)
2.
a losing first throw at craps
Idioms:
crap out
Word origin
see craps
crap in American English2
(kræp)
Slang
noun
1.
excrement
somewhat vulgar
2. US
nonsense, falseness, insincerity, etc.
3. US
something useless, inferior, or worthless; trash; junk
verb intransitiveWord forms: crapped or ˈcrapping
4.
to defecate
somewhat vulgar
interjection US
5.
used to express anger, disgust, surprise, etc.
somewhat vulgar
Derived forms
crappy (ˈcrappy)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈcrappier or ˈcrappiest
Word origin
ME, chaff, siftings < OFr crape, scale, ordure or ML crappa, chaff, prob. < Gmc *krappa, a hook, scale