Meanings
craps1
alternative attributive crap
- pluralplural onlydiceA game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.
What's the haps on the craps?
1992, Ice Cube, “It Was a Good Day”, in The Predator2 more examples
“As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […]”
1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XII, in The Understanding HeartStart off the dice-rollin' mats for craps to cee-lo / With side-bets, I roll a deuce, nothin' below
1994, “Memory Lane (Sittin’ in da Park)”, in Illmatic, performed by Nas
craps2
craps3
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of crap
Synonyms & antonyms
nounexpressions used when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
craps · noun
- Englishcrabs
- Louisiana Creolecraps
- Englishcraps
From Louisiana Creole craps, a corruption of English crabs.
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Cite this entry
craps. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/craps
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