crud

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/kɹʌd/

Definition of crud

12 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Dirt, filth or refuse.
    “Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)Dirt, filth or refuse.
    “Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning.”
  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, 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.
  10. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of create, read, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.

verb

  1. (transitive)To clog with dirt or debris.
    “The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding.”

intj

  1. Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, darn.
    “Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!”
    “Aw, crud! I have to start all over again!”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

Anagrams of crud

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Words you can make from crud

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3-letter words

4 words

Hooks

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