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crud

Pronunciation: /krʌd/
Definition of crud

noun

[mass noun] informal
  • 1a substance which is considered unpleasant or disgusting, typically because of its dirtiness: use a good soap compound to remove accumulated crud
  • heavy snow on which it is difficult to ski: there’s no way I can ski crud
  • 2nonsense:the usual crud which passes itself off as a smart twenty-something comedy
  • 3 [count noun] a contemptible person.

Derivatives

cruddy

adjective (cruddier, cruddiest)

Origin:

late Middle English: variant of curd (the original sense). The earliest modern senses, 'filth' and 'nonsense' (originally US), date from the 1940s

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Definition of crud in the US English dictionary

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