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noun [uncountable] impolite American English pronunciation: crap /kræp/
  1. 1
    nonsense

    She was talking crap, as usual.

    His explanation was a bunch of crap.

    be full of crap (=often talk nonsense):

    Don’t listen to him – he’s full of crap.

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  2. 2
    something that is of bad quality

    I’m tired of eating the crap they serve in the cafeteria.

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    1. a.
      things that are useless, not wanted, or not important

      You wouldn’t believe the amount of crap he’s got in his room.

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