noun / verb
crap
A vulgar term for bodily feces.
He steps around a pile of dog crap on the sidewalk.
Etymology
Middle English crappe named refuse or discarded material. The bodily sense applies that waste idea to excrement, with the verb naming the act of passing it.
More examples
- There's bird crap all over the windshield.
- The dog crapped on the rug while we were out.
- I need to take a crap before we leave.
Forms
crap · craps · crapped · crapping
Similar words
- feces
- A neutral, clinical term rather than a vulgar one.
- poop
- An informal but less offensive word for bodily waste.