crapped (out)mod. dead; finished. (Not
prenominal. From dice, not from the
other senses ofcrap.) After a serious
encounter with a rattlesnake, my two dogs
were crapped by dawn.
crapper 1. n. a toilet, privy, or restroom.
(Usually objectionable. See also crap.)
Where’s the crapper around here? Old
Jed never passes up a chance to use an in-
door crapper. 2. n. a braggart. (Usually
objectionable.) The guy is a crapper
and can’t be trusted at all. Don’t listen
to the crapper.
crapper dickn. a police officer or detective
who patrols public toilets. When he
f lubbed up the Wilson case, they made him
a crapper dick in the central business dis-
trict. What’s a crapper dick get paid?
crappy 1. mod. messed up with dung;
dungy. Clean off your crappy shoes be-
fore you go in there! 2. mod. lousy. This
has been a real crappy day for me.
crapshootn. a gamble; a matter of chance.
(Like a crap [dice] game.) Basically, life
is a crapshoot. The stock market isn’t
concerned with value anymore. It’s just a
crapshoot.
crash 1. tv. & in. to attend a party or other
event uninvited. (See also crasher.)
Some clown tried to crash the rally, but my
dad called the cops. The boys who tried
to crash also broke a window. 2. in. to
spend the night. (See also crash pad.)
I crashed at a friend’s place in the city.
You have a place I can crash? 3. in. to
sleep. I crashed till noon. If I don’t
crash pretty soon, I’m going to die! 4. n. a
place to sleep. I think I know of a crash
for tonight. Molly’s on the phone, look-
ing for a crash. 5. in. [for a computer] to
stop working. This thing crashes every
time I hit a certain key. My machine
hasn’t crashed since I got it. 6. n. a total
failure of a computer. Most of my data
was lost in the crash. Crashes are to
teach you to back up your data. 7. in. [for
any electronic device] to fail. My stereo
crashed, so I’ve been watching TV. My
TV crashed, and I had to go out to watch
at somebody else’s house. 8. in. [for a se-
curities market] to lose a significant por-
tion of its value in a short time. The
market crashed and scared the stuffing out
of everybody. When the bond market
crashed, the press didn’t even realize it. 9.
n. a collapse of a securities market. Af-
ter the crash, a lot of people swore off the
market for good. A crash like that was
too much for a lot of people. 10. in. to pass
out from drinking alcohol to excess.
About midnight I crashed, and I woke up
here. Let’s get Wilbur home before he
crashes for good.crash and burn 1. in. [for a young man]
to fail brilliantly with a romance. (Col-
legiate. See also go down in flames.)
I knew I would crash and burn with her.
It stands to reason that if Carole hadn’t
shot me down, I wouldn’t have crashed and
burned. 2. in. to fail spectacularly. I
have to be prepared. I don’t want to crash
and burn if I don’t have to.crashed 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated.
Fred is crashed. Leave him alone. There
were two crashed freshmen asleep on the
lawn. 2. mod. raided by the police. (See
also bust.) Our pad got crashed, and a
lot of kids were arrested. After the place
was crashed, it was a mess.crashern. a person who attends a party un-
invited. (See also crash.) The crashers
ruined the party, and my dad called the
cops. The crashers were no more rude
than the guests.crash padn. a place to stay the night on
short notice. I’ve got a crash pad in the
city for emergencies like this. I gotta find
a crash pad for tonight.craten. a dilapidated vehicle. Where’d
you get that old crate? This crate gets me
to work and back. That’s good enough.crater 1. n. an acne scar. Ted has a nasty
crater on his cheek. Walter was always
sort of embarrassed about his craters. 2. in.
to collapse and go down as with a falling
stock price. The stock cratered and
probably won’t recover for a year or two.
When my portfolio cratered, I thought it
was the end of the world. Then most of the
prices came back up in a month.crater