I. crap 1 /kræp/ BrE AmE noun
[ Sense 1-6: Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: 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' ]
[ Sense 7: Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: Louisiana French ; Origin: French crabs , craps , from English crabs 'lowest throw in a dice game' , from the plural of ⇨ ↑ crab ]
1 . spoken not polite [uncountable] something someone says that you think is completely wrong or untrue SYN rubbish :
You 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 . spoken not polite [uncountable] something that is very bad or is of bad quality SYN rubbish :
They 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 . spoken not polite [uncountable] things that are useless or unimportant:
What is all this crap doing on my desk?
4 . spoken not polite [uncountable] bad or unfair treatment
take/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 . spoken not polite [uncountable] solid waste that is passed from your ↑ bowel s
6 . spoken not polite [singular] the act of passing solid waste from your ↑ bowel s
take a crap (also have a crap )British English
7 . craps [plural] American English a game played for money in the US, using two ↑ dice
shoot craps (=to play this game)
II. crap 2 BrE AmE adjective British English spoken not polite
very bad:
a crap film
I’ve had such a crap day.
crap at
I’m really crap at tennis.
III. crap 3 BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle crapped , present participle crapping ) [intransitive] spoken not polite
to pass waste matter from your ↑ bowel s