crap

Definition

The husk of grain; chaff.

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "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."