crap out

present singular third person craps out · participle present crapping out · participle past crapped out · past crapped out

1. intransitivegamblingTo lose a game of craps by rolling a seven.

   Synonyms: seven out

2. intransitiveslangTo abandon an endeavour or project; to back down.

   He crapped out as soon as he was challenged.

3. intransitiveTo fail; to stop working.

   Darn, my car crapped out.

   Synonyms: break down

4. intransitiveslangTo blunder; to fail massively.

   The team crapped out in the second half.

5. intransitiveslangTo die; to collapse; to fall asleep.

   The old man crapped out.

6. USintransitiveslanggovernmentTo idle or mess around.

   He planned on being done by the early afternoon and then crapping out for the rest of the day.

   2011, Guy Lennon, Knights of the State Department

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   So, recruits fought sleep and slept in the hot classrooms while DIs caught up on their sleep by crapping out on their duty rack in full uniform.

   2002, Wesley L. Fox, Marine Rifleman: Forty-three Years in the Corps, page 104

7. derogatoryintransitiveslangtransitivevulgarTo give birth.

   Synonyms: shit out