Crud Definition

krŭd
crud
noun
A curd.
Webster's New World
Any coagulated substance, caked deposit, dregs, filth, etc.
Webster's New World
Something loathsome, despicable, or worthless.
American Heritage
A worthless, disgusting, or contemptible person or thing.
Webster's New World
An imaginary or vaguely identified disease or ailment.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To curdle.
Webster's New World
interjection

Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn.

Wiktionary
abbreviation
(programming, database) Acronym of Create, Read, Update, and Delete.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Crud

Noun

Singular:
crud
Plural:
cruds

Origin of Crud

  • Middle English crudde possibly from Old English cruden past participle of crūdan to press, drive

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Said to be a metathesis variant of Middle English curd, which would be an unconscious return to the original form.

    From Wiktionary

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