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Noun: craps  kraps
  1. A gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice
    "The casino was filled with the excited shouts of craps players"
     
  2. Expression used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot
    "He rolled craps, losing his turn";
    - snake eyes [informal]
Noun: crap  krap
Usage: vulgar
  1. Statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
    "He dismissed the conspiracy theory as pure crap";
    - bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], buncombe [informal], guff [informal], rot [informal], hogwash [informal], flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], Irish bull [slang], rhubarb [Brit, informal], bilge [informal], junk [informal], bull [slang], nonsense, jive [N. Amer, informal], bushwah [N. Amer, informal], bushwa [N. Amer, informal], folderol, rubbish [informal], tripe [informal], trumpery [archaic], trash [informal], wish-wash [informal], applesauce [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], falderal, drivel, garbage
     
  2. Obscene term for faeces
    "The dog left a crap on the neighbour's lawn";
     
  3. Obscene word for unacceptable behaviour
    "I put up with a lot of crap from that jerk";
     
  4. Something of poor quality or worthless
    "This cheap phone is absolute crap"
     
  5. Personal belongings or stuff
    "I need to move all my crap out of the apartment"
Verb: crap (crapped,crapping)  krap
Usage: vulgar
  1. Expel faeces from the body
    "He had to take a crap";
    - stool [archaic], defecate, ca-ca [N. Amer, informal], make [informal], defaecate [Brit, rare], poop [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: crapses

Type of: 2, BM, content, dejection, egest, eliminate, excrete, faecal matter [Brit, Cdn], faeces [Brit, Cdn], fecal matter [N. Amer], feces [N. Amer], gambling game, game of chance, II, message, ordure, pass, stool, subject matter, substance, two

Encyclopedia: Craps

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