Crap vs Cram - What's the difference?
crap | cram |
(obsolete) The husk of grain; chaff.
(slang) Something of poor quality.
(slang, vulgar) Something that is rubbish; nonsense.
(slang, vulgar) Faeces or feces.
(slang, vulgar, countable) An act of defecation.
(slang) Useless object or entity.
(vulgar, slang) To defecate.
(chiefly, UK, colloquial, somewhat, vulgar) Of poor quality.
(slang) Expression of worry, fear, shock, surprise, disgust, annoyance or dismay.
The act of cramming.
Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination.
A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
To ; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.
To fill with food to ; to stuff.
To put through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.
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To , and to satiety; to stuff.
To make crude or study.
As a noun cram is
the act of cramming.As a verb cram is
to ; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.crap
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) crappe, also in plural: crappen, crappys, . Related to (l).Noun
(en-noun)- The long-running game show went from offering good prizes to crap in no time.
- The college student boasted of completing a 10,000-word essay on Shakespeare, but the professor judged it as utter crap .
- ''I have to take a crap
- What is that?'' ''It's just a bunch of crap
Verb
(crapp)Derived terms
* crap on - (UK) To talk at length in a foolish or boring way. * To crap something out: to damage or destroy something.Adjective
(crapper)- I drove an old crap car for ten years before buying a new one.
Alternative forms
* crappy (chiefly, North America)Synonyms
* lousy * shit * shite * bollocks * piss * fuck * DeuceInterjection
(en interjection)- Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!
- Crap! I lost the game.
- What the crap ?!
- Aw, crap , I have to start over again from the beginning of the level.