crud

plural cruds

1. uncountableDirt, filth or refuse.

   Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning.

   2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 30

2. broadlyfigurativelyuncountableSomething of poor quality.
3. countableA contemptible person.
4. countableuncountableMixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
5. uncountablehobbiesA heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
6. euphemisticuncountableFeces; excrement.

   Synonyms: crap

7. USslanguncountablemilitary and studentsVenereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
8. uncountableA fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
9. PennsylvaniaWesterncountableuncountableCottage cheese.

present singular third person cruds · participle present crudding · participle past crudded · past crudded

1. transitiveTo clog with dirt or debris.

   The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding.

   2011, Henry Z. Kister, Distillation Troubleshooting, page 203

1. minced oathNon-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, darn.

   Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!

   1 more example

   Aw, crud! I have to start all over again!

   Synonyms: crap

1. abbreviationacronymuncountablecomputingAcronym of create, read, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.