what the crap en · X
Meanings
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(mildly, slang, vulgar) An intensive form of what.
There's a duck in my car. What the crap?
Timothy woke up. "What the crap," he said. "Can't you let a guy get some sleep?"
2011, Robert Silverberg, The Book Of Skulls, Orion Publishing Group:And tell them if they want me to tell them privately what the crap I think of them, I’ll do that.
2016 January 30, Andrew Carter, The News & Observer, page 4B:DeeAnn Reisenberg, 41, and her sister were at the mall early Friday, but the lack of crowds stood out to them. "I am thinking, 'What the crap am I doing out here at 4 a.m.?'"
2013 November 29, Jere Downs, The Courier-Journal, page A8:
Synonyms
what the fuck (Intensive forms of what?) · what the hell (Intensive forms of what?) · the fuck (Intensive forms of what?) · dafuq (Intensive forms of what?) · what the heck (Intensive forms of what?) · what on earth (Intensive forms of what?) · what the what (Intensive forms of what?) · the hell (Intensive forms of what?)