crud

¹crud

noun \ˈkrəd\

Definition of CRUD

1

dialect : curd

2

a : a deposit or incrustation of filth, grease, or refuse b : something disgusting : rubbish c slang : a contemptible person

3

: a usually ill-defined or imperfectly identified bodily disorder

— crud·dy \ˈkrə-dē\ adjective

Examples of CRUD

1. I spent an hour scrubbing the crud off the old stove.
2. He complains that there's too much crud on TV these days.

Origin of CRUD

Middle English curd, crudd

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CRUD

Synonyms: filth, dirt, grime, gunk, muck, smut, soil

Related Words: scum, sewage, sewerage, slime, sludge, swill; dross, dust [British], garbage, junk, litter, refuse, rubbish, scrap, trash, waste; crock [dialect], soot; dinginess, dirtiness, dustiness, filthiness, foulness, griminess, grubbiness, nastiness, squalidness, uncleanliness, uncleanness

Near Antonyms: cleanliness, cleanness

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Rhymes with CRUD

blood, bud, cud, dud, flood, fud, mud, rudd, scud, spud, stud, sudd, thud