crap
verb/kræp/
/kræp/
[intransitive] (offensive, slang)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they crap | /kræp/ /kræp/ |
| he / she / it craps | /kræps/ /kræps/ |
| past simple crapped | /kræpt/ /kræpt/ |
| past participle crapped | /kræpt/ /kræpt/ |
| -ing form crapping | /ˈkræpɪŋ/ /ˈkræpɪŋ/ |
- to empty solid waste from the bowels synonym defecate A more polite way of expressing this is ‘to go to the toilet/lavatory’ (British English), ‘to go to the bathroom’ (North American English), or ‘to go’. A more formal expression is ‘to empty the bowels’.Word OriginMiddle 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.
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