Meaning

1 senses

  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!

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tatoeba is filled with crud all over the place.

    frpzzd · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. I can't eat this crud!

    ruЯ не могу есть эту гадость! — melsev

    melsev · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. "I thought you'd give this laughter its due." "This is crud; they're laughing at me!" "You don't say?"

    ru«Я думал, ты оценишь по достоинству этот смех!» — «Это фигня! Они надо мной смеются!» — «Да ладно?» — Ooneykcall

    Ooneykcall · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened subs

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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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cruciblecrucifixcrucifixioncrucifycrudeC1cruelB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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