what the crap

phrase

An intensive form of what.

“There's a duck in my car. What the crap?”

Meanings

phrase
  1. mildlyslangvulgarAn intensive form of what.

    There's a duck in my car. What the crap?

    3 more examples

    Timothy woke up. "What the crap," he said. "Can't you let a guy get some sleep?"

    2011, Robert Silverberg, The Book Of Skulls, Orion Publishing Group

    DeeAnn Reisenberg, 41, and her sister were at the mall early Friday, but the lack of crowds stood out to them. "I am thinking, 'What the crap am I doing out here at 4 a.m.?'"

    2013 November 29, Jere Downs, The Courier-Journal, page A8

    And tell them if they want me to tell them privately what the crap I think of them, I’ll do that.

    2016 January 30, Andrew Carter, The News & Observer, page 4B

    Synonyms: dafuq, the fuck, the hell, what on earth, what the fuck, what the heck, what the hell, what the what

Synonyms & antonyms

phraseAn intensive form of what.

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Chicago

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