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CRAP
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Irregular inflected forms: crapped , crapping
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obscene words for unacceptable behavior
Example:
what he said was mostly bull
Synonyms:
bull; bullshit; crap; dogshit; horseshit; Irish bull; shit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("crap" is a kind of...):
buncombe; bunk; bunkum; guff; hogwash; rot (unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements))
Domain usage:
dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)
Derivation:
crappy (very bad)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Obscene terms for feces
Synonyms:
crap; dirt; poop; shit; shite; turd
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("crap" is a kind of...):
BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)
Domain usage:
dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)
Derivation:
crap (have a bowel movement)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have a bowel movement
Example:
The dog had made in the flower beds
Synonyms:
ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "crap" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Verb group:
make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee (eliminate urine)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "crap"):
dung (defecate; used of animals)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
crap (obscene terms for feces)
crapper (a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination)
