crap

Universal Words noun, adjective, verb noun (!!!, slang) 1 [U] nonsense: He's so full of crap. * Let's cut the crap and get down to business. * (BrE) You're talking a load of crap! * (AmE) What a bunch of crap! 2 [U] something of bad quality: This work is complete crap. * (BrE) Her latest film is a load of crap. * (AmE) Her latest movie is a bunch of crap. * I won't put up with any old crap. HELPNOTE More acceptable words are rubbish, garbage, trash or junk. 3 [U] criticism or unfair treatment: I'm not going to take this crap any more. 4 [U] solid waste matter from the bowels SYNEXCREMENT 5 [sing.] an act of emptying solid waste matter from the bowels: to have a crap adjective (BrE, !!!, slang) bad; of very bad quality: a crap band * The concert was crap. crap adverb: The team played crap yesterday. verb (-pp-) [V] (!!!, slang) to empty solid waste from the bowels SYNDEFECATE HELPNOTE A more polite way of expressing this is 'to go to the toilet / lavatory' (BrE), 'to go to the bathroom' (AmE), or 'to go'. A more formal expression is 'to empty the bowels'.