Dictionary

crud en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• /kɹʌd/
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:minced oath) Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, darn.
   • Aw, crud! I have to start all over again!
   • Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!

Synonyms

crap

crud en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɹʌd/
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Dirt, filth or refuse.
   • Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning. 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 30:
2. (broadly, figuratively, uncountable) Something of poor quality.
3. (countable) A contemptible person.
4. (countable, uncountable) Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
5. (uncountable) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
6. (euphemistic, uncountable) Feces; excrement.
7. (US, qualifier:military and students, slang, uncountable) Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
8. (uncountable) A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
9. (Pennsylvania, Western, countable, uncountable) Cottage cheese.

Forms

Deriveds

cybercrud · holy crud · crudball · crudzine · creeping crud · bullcrud · crudscape · cruddy · crudware · con crud

Synonyms

crap

Translations (68)

sh káka (feces) · ru подо́нок (contemptible person) · et tõbi (slang for disease) · et reo (contemptible person) · es desperdicio (dirt, filth or refuse) · nl stront (feces) · fi saasta (dirt, filth or refuse) · et roju (contemptible person) · fi nuoskalumi (heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski) · bg кир (dirt, filth or refuse) · de Mist (feces) · et äka (feces) · bg гадняр (contemptible person) · et lörts (heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski) · et mustus (dirt, filth or refuse) · fr merde (feces) · et haigus (slang for disease) · bg гад (contemptible person) · ru па́дла (contemptible person) · de Scheiße (feces) · et roisk (dirt, filth or refuse) · et julk (feces) · et sunnik (contemptible person) · nl rotvent (contemptible person) · et pori (dirt, filth or refuse) · et kaka (feces) · et väljaheide (feces) · nl troep (dirt, filth or refuse) · sh ка́ка (feces) · et solk (dirt, filth or refuse) · nl smurrie (dirt, filth or refuse) · fi sakka (dirt, filth or refuse) · bg гадост (dirt, filth or refuse) · bg мръсотия (dirt, filth or refuse) · nl smeerlapperij (slang for disease) · es mierda (feces) · de Sulzschnee (heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski) · es caca (feces) · et roe (feces) · bg гадина (contemptible person) · nl viezerik (contemptible person) · ru га́дость (dirt, filth or refuse) · ru говно́ (feces) · nl viezigheid (slang for disease) · fi moska (dirt, filth or refuse) · et suguhaigus (slang for disease) · ru мразь (contemptible person) · nl rotzooi (dirt, filth or refuse) · et sopp (dirt, filth or refuse) · ru дрянь (dirt, filth or refuse) · bg екскремент (feces) · et ekskrement (feces) · ru дерьмо́ (feces) · nl schijterij (feces) · et sitajunn (feces) · nl smurrie (heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski) · ru мура́ (dirt, filth or refuse) · bg изпражнение (feces) · cs šmejd (contemptible person) · nl viezigheid (dirt, filth or refuse) · et saast (dirt, filth or refuse) · pt esterco (feces) · et lurjus (contemptible person) · es basura (dirt, filth or refuse) · ru сля́коть (heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski) · ru сво́лочь (contemptible person) · et räpp (dirt, filth or refuse) · nl smeerlap (contemptible person)

crud en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kɹʌd/
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To clog with dirt or debris.
   • The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding. 2011, Henry Z. Kister, Distillation Troubleshooting, page 203:

Forms