crap up

verb

To ruin, botch, bungle; to make a mess of.

“I really crapped up on my fucking school work, so I had to do that frustrating piece of shit all over again.”

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Meanings

verbcrap up (third-person singular simple present craps up, present participle crapping up, simple past and past participle crapped up)

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

  1. idiomaticmildlyslangtransitivevulgarTo ruin, botch, bungle; to make a mess of.

    This whole thing's his big, bright idea because they don't like having me around crapping up their big, romantic weekends.

    1998, Charlotte Vale Allen, Meet Me in Time, page 177
  2. idiomaticmildlyslangvulgarTo go wrong; to foul up; to make a mistake.

    I really crapped up on my fucking school work, so I had to do that frustrating piece of shit all over again.

  3. idiomaticslangTo lie, mislead or give someone bullshit; to tell someone what they want to hear.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbecome or cause to become obstructed

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“crap up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crap%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crap up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crap%20up.

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