crap

noun

1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)The husk of grain; chaff.
2. (mildly, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar)Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.

   “The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.”

3. (mildly, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar)Nonsense; something untrue.

   “The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but that claim was utter crap.”

4. (mildly, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar)Feces.

   “I stepped in some dog crap that was on the sidewalk.”

5. (countable, mildly, slang, usually, vulgar)An act of defecation.

   “I have to take a crap.”

6. A losing throw of 2, 3, or 12 in craps.
7. (attributive, form-of)Attributive form of craps.

   “To test the possibility that her husband’s luck was indestructible, Mary went to the crap tables and made a small bet.”

   “I step up to the least-crowded crap table, taking my place to the right of a country-and-western-type stickwoman with tightly permed blond hair who looks as if she would be more comfortable dressed in the square-dance outfit of the Frontier than wearing the chinoiserie, or maybe the japonaiserie, of her purple kimono uniform.”

   “Separately, you are playing in a crap game. The crap bets earn you $20,000 a year so long as rates stay put but could cost you a $100,000 or $200,000 loss if rates go up.”

verb

1. (intransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar)To defecate.

   “That soup tasted funny, and now I need to crap.”

   “'Well, the case is all yours,' said Binswanger grudgingly. 'But the Commissioner sure don't like having this bastard crappin' away on his own front doorstep while Mr Hoover sits down in Washington well to leeward of the stink. Why don't we pull him in on tax evasion or misuse of the mails or parkin' in front of a hydrant or sumpn? Take him down to the Tombs and give 'em the works? If the Feds won't do it, we'd be glad to oblige.'”

2. (mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar)To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).

   “He almost crapped his pants from fright.”

3. (India, mildly, slang, transitive, vulgar)To bullshit.

   “Don't try to crap me: I know you're lying.”

adj

1. (colloquial, mildly, vulgar)Of poor quality.

   “I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.”

intj

1. (mildly, slang, vulgar)Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance, or dismay.

   “Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!”

   “Crap! I lost the game.”

   “What the crap?!”

   “Aw, crap, I have to start over again from the beginning of the level.”

name

1. (Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Conservative-Reform Alliance Party, since merged into the Canadian Alliance.