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crud (krud)

transitive verb, intransitive verb crudded crud′·ded, crudding crud′·ding

Dialectal to curdle

Etymology: ME crudden < crud: see curd

noun

  1. Dialectal a curd
  2. Slang any coagulated substance, caked deposit, dregs, filth, etc.
  3. Slang a worthless, disgusting, or contemptible person or thing

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crud2 definition

crud (krud)

noun

Slang an imaginary or vaguely identified disease or ailment: with the

Etymology: < ? Welsh cryd, fever, plague

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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