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Antonyms for crud

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kruhd
Phonetic Transcription : krÊŒd

Definition of crud

Origin :
  • "nonsense, rubbish," 1940, U.S. slang; originally 1920s army and college student slang for "venereal disease." Said to be a metathesis variant of curd, which actually makes it an unconscious return to the original Middle English form of that word (see curd). As G.I. name for "disease of any and every sort" it is attested from 1945.
  • noun filth
Example sentences :
  • Crude′ness; Crud′ity, rawness: unripeness: that which is crude.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • Figure 122 of Klein's seventh plate was correctly quoted as illustrative: "crud" preceded "niger."
  • Extract from : « The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4 » by Various

Synonyms for crud

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