/ kræp; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb
■ noun ( taboo , slang )
1.
[ U ] nonsense :
He's so full of crap.
Let's cut the crap and get down to business.
( BrE )
You're talking a load of crap !
( NAmE )
What a bunch of crap !
2.
[ U ] something of bad quality :
This work is complete crap.
( BrE )
Her latest film is a load of crap .
( NAmE )
Her latest movie is a bunch of crap .
HELP NOTE : More acceptable words are rubbish , garbage , trash or junk .
3.
[ U ] criticism or unfair treatment :
I'm not going to take this crap any more.
4.
[ U ] solid waste matter from the bowels
SYN excrement
5.
[ sing. ] an act of emptying solid waste matter from the bowels :
to have a crap
■ adjective
( BrE , taboo , slang ) bad; of very bad quality :
a crap band
The concert was crap.
► crap adverb :
The team played crap yesterday.
■ verb
( -pp- ) [ v ] ( taboo , slang ) to empty solid waste from the bowels
SYN defecate
HELP NOTE : A more polite way of expressing this is 'to go to the toilet / lavatory' ( BrE ), 'to go to the bathroom' ( NAmE ), or 'to go'. A more formal expression is 'to empty the bowels'.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : related to Dutch krappe , from krappen pluck or cut off, and perhaps also to Old French crappe siftings, Anglo-Latin crappa chaff. The original sense was chaff , later residue from rendering fat , also dregs of beer . Current senses date from the late 19th cent.