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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang A coating or an incrustation of filth or refuse.
  2. n. Slang Something loathsome, despicable, or worthless.
  3. n. Slang One who is contemptible or disgusting.
  4. n. A disease or ailment, imaginary or real, especially one affecting the skin.
  5. n. Sports Heavy, sticky snow that is unsuitable for skiing.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. An obsolete or dialectal form of curd.

Wiktionary

  1. n. dirt, filth or refuse
  2. n. figuratively, by extension Something of poor quality.
  3. n. Mixed impurities, especially corrosion products in nuclear reactor fuel
  4. n. A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski
  5. n. euphemistic Crap, excrement.
  6. n. A contemptible person.
  7. n. slang, US venereal disease, or (later) any disease
  8. n. A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
  9. interj. Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete See curd.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing
  2. n. any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
  3. n. an ill-defined bodily ailment

Etymologies

  1. Said to be a metathesis variant of Middle English curd, which would be an unconscious return to the original form. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English crudde, possibly from Old English *cruden, past participle of crūdan, to press, drive. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • gootnbewg Yeah, I think using a bit of imagination it could be an angry word, When I was younger it was occasionly used to describe a "dickhead". Mar 18, 2011

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