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crud

[ kruhd ]

noun

  1. Slang.
    1. a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
    2. a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
    3. something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
    4. prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
    5. a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:

      jungle crud.

    6. any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
    7. venereal disease, especially syphilis.
    8. Vulgar. dried semen.
  2. Dialect. curd.
  3. Dialect. clabber.


verb (used with or without object)

, crud·ded, crud·ding.
  1. Dialect. to curd.

crud

/ krʌd /

noun

  1. a sticky substance, esp when dirty and encrusted
  2. an undesirable residue from a process, esp one inside a nuclear reactor
  3. something or someone that is worthless, disgusting, or contemptible
  4. the crud
    a disease; rot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

interjection

  1. an expression of disgust, disappointment, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crud1

1325–75; Middle English; earlier form of curd
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crud1

C14: earlier form of curd
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Example Sentences

It is not just a renovation after the fire, but a complete overhaul including removing decades of crud and soot built up since the last restoration.

From BBC

Even before COVID, a good mask would help save your lungs from the Coachella crud, especially on the long, dusty walks to and from the parking lot.

And later primaries would have provided additional time for crud to fall on Trump’s head, giving Republican voters an opportunity to come to their senses.

“Here’s just a taste of the antisemitic Jew-hating crud @KahllidA posts on his personal account — wacky conspiracy theories about Jews running the world and ruining it.”

Griswold was less inclined to blame cars and drivers than car manufacturers, who had the technology, he said, to control tailpipe crud, and there were patent records from 1909 to prove it.

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