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crap

The correct spelling is crap.

How to pronounce crap

/kɹæp/
noun

IPA: /kɹæp/

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The correct spelling is crap. The husk of grain; chaff. For example: "The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time."

Usage Examples

The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.

The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but that claim was utter crap.

I stepped in some dog crap that was on the sidewalk.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The husk of grain; chaff.
  2. 2.(mildly) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
  3. 3.(mildly) Nonsense; something untrue.
  4. 4.(mildly) Faeces/feces.
  5. 5.(mildly) An act of defecation.

verb

  1. 1.To defecate.
  2. 2.To defecate in or on (clothing etc.).
  3. 3.To bullshit.

adjective

  1. 1.(mildly) Of poor quality.

interjection

  1. 1.Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance or dismay.

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