Crap Definition
(chiefly UK, colloquial, somewhat vulgar) Of poor quality.
- to lose at craps by throwing a two, three, or twelve on the first throw or a seven after one's point has been established
- to fail, withdraw, give up, etc. because of exhaustion, cowardice, etc.
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Origin of Crap
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From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappen, crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), from Old French crappe, crapin ("chaff"; compare Medieval Latin crappa (plural), also crapinum), from Old Dutch krappen (“to cut off, pluck off”). Related to crop.
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Middle English crappe chaff from Old French crappe from Medieval Latin crappa perhaps of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Back-formation from craps
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From "crab's eyes"
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