Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Of poor quality.
intj
Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance, or dismay.
verb
To defecate. · To defecate in or on (clothing etc.). · To bullshit.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe husk of grain; chaff. · Something worthless or of poor quality; junk. · Nonsense; something untrue. · Feces.
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.
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