adj · intj · name · noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/kɹæp/
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rhymes with -æp
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adj
Meaning 1
Of poor quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, mildly, vulgar
Examples
I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.
Synonyms: stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, make
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
Narrower terms: dung
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Dutch krappender. Old French crappe Middle French crapebor. Middle English crappe English crap From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), from Middle French crape, from Old French crappe, crapin (“chaff”) (compare Medieval Latin crappa pl, also crapinum), from Old Dutch krappen (“to cut off, pluck off”) (whence Middle Dutch crappe, crap (“a chop, cutlet”), whence Dutch krip (“a steak”)). Related to crop.
From crab's eyes.
Across languages
Translations
176 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
гадост
(gadost)
— expression of worry, disgust
Czech:
kruci
— expression of worry, disgust
Danish:
møg
— expression of worry, disgust
Dutch:
verrek
— expression of worry, disgust
French:
crotte
— expression of worry, disgust
French:
merde
— expression of worry, disgust
French:
putain
— expression of worry, disgust
German:
Mist
— expression of worry, disgust
Greek:
σκατά
(skatá)
— expression of worry, disgust
Greek:
σιχτίρ
(sichtír)
— expression of worry, disgust
Hebrew:
חָרָא
(ḥára)
— expression of worry, disgust
Khmer:
អានរក
(aa nɔrʊək)
— expression of worry, disgust
Malay:
hampas
— expression of worry, disgust
Malay:
tahi
— expression of worry, disgust
Polish:
kurde
— expression of worry, disgust
Portuguese:
bosta
— expression of worry, disgust
Portuguese:
merda
— expression of worry, disgust
Portuguese:
porcaria!
— expression of worry, disgust
Portuguese:
droga!
— expression of worry, disgust
Portuguese:
credo!
— expression of worry, disgust
Romanian:
rahat
— expression of worry, disgust
Russian:
чёрт
(čort)
— expression of worry, disgust
Russian:
блядь
(bljadʹ)
— expression of worry, disgust
Spanish:
cuernos
— expression of worry, disgust
Spanish:
mierda
— expression of worry, disgust
Swedish:
skit
— expression of worry, disgust
Swedish:
jäklar
— expression of worry, disgust
Swedish:
jävlar
— expression of worry, disgust
Afrikaans:
kak
— something of poor quality
Czech:
šunt
— something of poor quality
Czech:
křáp
— something of poor quality
Czech:
brak
— something of poor quality
Dutch:
rotzooi
— something of poor quality
Estonian:
saast
— something of poor quality
Estonian:
jama
— something of poor quality
Estonian:
pask
— something of poor quality
Estonian:
sitt
— something of poor quality
Finnish:
paska
— something of poor quality
French:
saleté
— something of poor quality
French:
ordure
— something of poor quality
French:
crotte
— something of poor quality
French:
merde
— something of poor quality
French:
bouse
— something of poor quality
French:
foutaise
— something of poor quality
Galician:
trapallada
— something of poor quality
Galician:
trangallada
— something of poor quality
Galician:
porcallada
— something of poor quality
Georgian:
სუსტი
(susṭi)
— something of poor quality
German:
Mist
— something of poor quality
Hebrew:
חָרָא
(ḥára)
— something of poor quality
Italian:
schifezza
— something of poor quality
Italian:
porcheria
— something of poor quality
Italian:
cesso
— something of poor quality
Italian:
ciofeca
— something of poor quality
Italian:
schifo
— something of poor quality
Japanese:
かす
(kasu)
— something of poor quality
Korean:
개털
(gaeteol)
— something of poor quality
Polish:
dziadostwo
— something of poor quality
Polish:
szajs
— something of poor quality
Polish:
badziewie
— something of poor quality
Polish:
chłam
— something of poor quality
Portuguese:
porcaria
— something of poor quality
Russian:
фигня́
(fignjá)
— something of poor quality
Russian:
отсто́й
(otstój)
— something of poor quality
Serbo-Croatian:
sranje
— something of poor quality
Slovene:
izmeček
— something of poor quality
Slovene:
šund
— something of poor quality
Spanish:
basura
— something of poor quality
Spanish:
porquería
— something of poor quality
Spanish:
mierda
— something of poor quality
Swedish:
skräp
— something of poor quality
Thai:
ห่วย
(hùay)
— something of poor quality
Thai:
ตกกระป๋อง
(dtòk gràbpŏng)
— something of poor quality
Thai:
จีนแดง
(jeen daeng)
— something of poor quality
