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Cud vs Crud - What's the difference?

cud | crud |

As nouns the difference between cud and crud

is that cud is the portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time while crud is dirt, filth or refuse.

As a verb cud

is could (informal), past of can.

As an interjection crud is

Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn.

cud

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) cudu, earlier cwidu, of (etyl) origin. Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit .

Noun

  • The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.

    • Etymology 2

    Shorted form of could.

    Verb

    cud
  • could (informal), past of can.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    crud

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Dirt, filth or refuse.
  • (figuratively, by extension) Something of poor quality.
  • Mixed impurities, especially corrosion products in nuclear reactor fuel.
  • A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski.
  • (euphemistic) Feces; excrement.
  • A contemptible person.
  • (slang, US, military, and, students) venereal disease, or (later) any disease.
  • A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.

    • Derived terms

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    Interjection

    (en interjection)

    • Anagrams

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