crud
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
Definition of crud
12 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)Dirt, filth or refuse.
“Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning.”
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noun
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(uncountable)Dirt, filth or refuse.
“Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning.”
- (broadly, figuratively, uncountable)Something of poor quality.
- (countable)A contemptible person.
- (countable, uncountable)Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
- (uncountable)A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
- (euphemistic, uncountable)Feces; excrement.
- (US, slang, uncountable)Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
- (uncountable)A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
- (Pennsylvania, Western, countable, uncountable)Cottage cheese.
- (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of create, read, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.
verb
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(transitive)To clog with dirt or debris.
“The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding.”
intj
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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.
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