crap

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  1. noun Excrement.
  2. noun An act of defecating.
  3. noun Foolish, deceitful, or boastful language.
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  • You people supporting this crap ought to be ashamed of yourselves. —  ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories
  • I don't see what all this crap is about being "qualified". —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • The loon firing off all the crap is the guy she defeated back then, H-something or other. —  Latest Articles
  • PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO FOLKS!!! p.s. if you're like, who the crap are these femme sharks, there's info about that at the tail end of this email. —  VivirLatino
  • Where in the crap is the desire / emotion / feeling / consideration of the father in any of this bobastic, illogical, prejudiced, immoral procedure discussion? —  The American Spectator
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shit ·  bullshit ·  nonsense ·  garbage ·  stuff ·  junk ·  bastard ·  fantasy ·  joke ·  drivel ·  lie ·  toy
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English crappe, chaff, from Old French crappe, from Medieval Latin crappa, perhaps of Germanic origin.
  2. Back-formation from craps.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (4)

  1. A dial. form of crop, in its several senses.
  2. from crap, n.
  3. from Middle English crappe, also in plural crappes, crappys, craps, chaff; in some cases of uncertain meaning, perhaps buckwheat; cf. Middle Latin crappæ, plural, also crapinum, Old French crapin, chaff; perhaps from Old Dutch krappen, cut off, pluck off: see crop, v. and n.
  4. Perhaps ult. connected with crop, v.
 

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