From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcrapcrap1 /kræp/ noun 1 [uncountable] spoken not politeSTOP DOING something something someone says that you think is completely wrong or untrue SYN rubbishYou don’t believe all that crap, do you?load/pile of crap (also bunch of crap American English)That’s a bunch of crap! I never said that.He came out with a load of crap about how he’d tried to call me yesterday.Greg’s full of crap (=often says things that are completely wrong).cut the crap (=used to tell someone to stop saying things that are completely wrong)Just cut the crap and tell me what really happened.2 [uncountable] spoken not polite something that is very bad or is of bad quality SYN rubbishThey sell a lot of stuff cheap, but most of it is crap.load/pile of crap (also bunch of crap American English)The game was a load of crap.3 [uncountable] spoken not politeUSELESS things that are useless or unimportantWhat is all this crap doing on my desk?4 [uncountable] spoken not polite bad or unfair treatmenttake/stand for/put up with crap (=to allow someone to treat you badly)I’m not going to take any more of this crap!I don’t need this kind of crap (=used when you are angry about the way someone is behaving towards you).I’m tired of you giving me crap (=saying bad things) about my long hair.5 [uncountable] spoken not politeHBH solid waste that is passed from your bowels 6 [singular] spoken not politeHBH the act of passing solid waste from your bowelstake a crap (also have a crap British English)7 → craps
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crap• There's nothing but crap on television these days.• The stereo's great but the rest of the car is crap.• Someone told me it was a really interesting museum, but I thought it was a load of crap.• Jane doesn't really think we believe all that crap, does she?cut the crap• Can we just cut the crap and start this meeting?take a crap• I need to go take a crap.crapcrap2 adjective British English spoken not polite BADvery bada crap filmI’ve had such a crap day.crap atI’m really crap at tennis.crapcrap3 verb (crapped, crapping) [intransitive] spoken not polite HBHto pass waste matter from your bowels→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
crap• Mere seconds later, the world's most malicious pigeon crapped on my head.• After all, if he peed or even crapped on the wooden floor the cleanup was simple.Origin crap1 1. (1800-1900) crap “outside covering of grain, solid material from melted fat” ((15-19 centuries)), from Middle Dutch crappe “piece torn off”, from crappen “to break off”2. (1700-1800) Louisiana French French crabs, craps, from English crabs “lowest throw in a dice game”, from the plural of → CRAB 