Standard Lemma guide

crud

intj · noun · verb · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kɹʌd/
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  • rhymes with -ʌd
  • CMU ARPABET: K R AH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: minced oath

Examples

  • Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!
  • Aw, crud! I have to start all over again!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crap

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Dirt, filth or refuse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something of poor quality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A contemptible person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, snowboarding, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Feces; excrement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crap

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, slang, uncountable

Qualifier: military and students

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Cottage cheese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Pennsylvania, Western, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Acronym of create, read, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To clog with dirt or debris.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

an ill-defined bodily ailment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he said he had the crud and needed a doctor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disease

14

noun

Meaning 14

any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: filth, skank

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product

15

noun

Meaning 15

heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: snow

History

Etymology

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: гадост (gadost) — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Bulgarian: мръсотия (mrǎsotija) — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Bulgarian: кир (kir) — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Dutch: rotzooi — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Dutch: smurrie — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Dutch: troep — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Dutch: viezigheid — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Estonian: solk — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Estonian: roisk — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Estonian: sopp — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Estonian: pori — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Estonian: saast — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Estonian: mustus — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Estonian: räpp — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Finnish: sakka — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Finnish: moska — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Finnish: saasta — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Russian: га́дость (gádostʹ) — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Russian: дрянь (drjanʹ) — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Russian: мура́ (murá) — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Spanish: basura — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Spanish: desperdicio — dirt, filth or refuse
  • Dutch: smurrie — heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski
  • Estonian: lörts — heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski
  • Finnish: nuoskalumi — heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski
  • German: Sulzschnee — heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski
  • Russian: сля́коть (sljákotʹ) — heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski
  • Bulgarian: изпражнение (izpražnenie) — feces
  • Bulgarian: екскремент (ekskrement) — feces
  • Dutch: stront — feces
  • Dutch: schijterij — feces
  • Estonian: roe — feces
  • Estonian: julk — feces
  • Estonian: äka — feces
  • Estonian: kaka — feces
  • Estonian: sitajunn — feces
  • Estonian: väljaheide — feces
  • Estonian: ekskrement — feces
  • French: merde — feces
  • German: Scheiße — feces
  • German: Mist — feces
  • Portuguese: esterco — feces
  • Russian: дерьмо́ (derʹmó) — feces
  • Russian: говно́ (govnó) — feces
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка́ка — feces
  • Serbo-Croatian: káka — feces
  • Spanish: caca — feces
  • Spanish: mierda — feces
  • Bulgarian: гад (gad) — contemptible person
  • Bulgarian: гадина (gadina) — contemptible person
  • Bulgarian: гадняр (gadnjar) — contemptible person
  • Czech: šmejd — contemptible person
  • Dutch: rotvent — contemptible person
  • Dutch: smeerlap — contemptible person
  • Dutch: viezerik — contemptible person
  • Estonian: reo — contemptible person
  • Estonian: roju — contemptible person
  • Estonian: sunnik — contemptible person
  • Estonian: lurjus — contemptible person
  • Russian: подо́нок (podónok) — contemptible person
  • Russian: мразь (mrazʹ) — contemptible person
  • Russian: сво́лочь (svóločʹ) — contemptible person
  • Russian: па́дла (pádla) — contemptible person
  • Dutch: smeerlapperij — slang for disease
  • Dutch: viezigheid — slang for disease
  • Estonian: suguhaigus — slang for disease
  • Estonian: haigus — slang for disease
  • Estonian: tõbi — slang for disease