crap
part of speech
noun (crap — rude, uncountable); adjective (crap — rude, UK); verb (crap, craps, crapped, crapping — rude); noun (craps — a dice game, US)
meaning for a pupil
1) (rude) Nonsense or untrue things: «That's a load of crap.» tree →
2) (rude, UK, Australia) Very bad or of poor quality: «a crap film». tree →
3) (rude) Rubbish or junk: «clear all that crap off the table». tree →
4) (rude) Solid waste from the body; or to empty the bowels. tree →
5) (rude) «Crap!» said when something goes wrong. tree →
6) «Craps» (US): a game played with two dice for money. tree →
7) In some old dialect speech, crap means a crop grown on a farm. tree →
sense in the lessons
Rough everyday speech heard from teenagers and grown-ups, in films and some books; pupils should recognise it but not use it at school or in writing. It shows anger, disappointment or that something is worthless. Phrases: «crap!», «a load of crap», «crap at» (UK: bad at), «cut the crap» (stop talking nonsense).
examples
- (rude) «Crap! I forgot my homework.» tree →
- (rude) «That film was crap,» said my cousin. tree →
- (rude) «I'm crap at football,» he sighed. tree →
- (rude) «Stop talking crap.» tree →
- (rude) «Get your crap off my bed!» tree →
- (rude) «Cut the crap and tell me the truth.» tree →
- They played craps in the casino. tree →
note
Rude word — mild swearing, not for school, exams or polite talk; polite replacements: «rubbish», «nonsense», «bad», «oh no». Do not confuse with «crab» (a sea animal) or «crepe» (a pancake). Adjective «crappy» (rude, poor quality).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «crap» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.