CRAP (crapped, crapping)

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Irregular inflected forms: crapped    , crapping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does crap mean? 

• CRAP (noun)
  The noun CRAP has 2 senses:

1. obscene terms for feces

2. obscene words for unacceptable behavior

  Familiarity information: CRAP used as a noun is rare.

• CRAP (verb)
  The verb CRAP has 1 sense:

1. have a bowel movement

  Familiarity information: CRAP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obscene terms for feces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

crap; dirt; poop; shit; shite; turd

Hypernyms ("crap" is a kind of...):

BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)

Domain usage:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)

Derivation:

crap (have a bowel movement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Obscene words for unacceptable behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bull; bullshit; crap; dogshit; horseshit; Irish bull; shit

Context example:

what he said was mostly bull

Hypernyms ("crap" is a kind of...):

buncombe; bunk; bunkum; guff; hogwash; rot (unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements))

Domain usage:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)

Derivation:

crappy (very bad)

• CRAP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have a bowel movement

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit

Context example:

The dog had made in the flower beds

Hypernyms (to "crap" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Verb group:

make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee (eliminate urine)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "crap"):

dung (defecate; used of animals)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

crap (obscene terms for feces)

crapper (a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination)