crotch-rotn. a skin irritation or disease
characterized by itching in the genital
area, usually said of males. (See also
grunge.) What will get rid of crotch-
rot? Here’s some medicine for crotch-rot.
crowd 1. tv. to pressure or threaten some-
one. Don’t crowd me! Frank began to
crowd Sam, which was the wrong thing to
do. 2. tv. to gang up on someone. Some
guys were crowding Todd, so we chased
them off. They moved in from all sides,
carrying clubs, and began to crowd us.
crowntv. to hit someone on the head.
The clerk crowned the robber with a cham-
pagne bottle. The bride, at the end of
her patience, crowned the stuttering cleric
with her bouquet, shouted, “I do,”and be-
gan kissing the groom.
crud 1. n. any nasty substance. (An old
form of the word curd.) There’s some
crud on your left shoe. 2. n. junk; stuff;
personal possessions. Get your crud
outa my way, will you! 3. n. a repellent
person. (Rude and derogatory.) Don’t
be such a crud! That crud kept trying
to paw me!
cruddieGo to cruddy.
cruddy and crudy; cruddie[“kr@di] mod.
nasty; awful. What is this cruddy stuff
on my plate? It’s just chocolate mousse,
and it’s not cruddie.
cruise 1. in. to travel at top speed. This
old caddy can really cruise. We c r ui s e d
all the way to Philly. 2. in. to drive around
looking for friends or social activity.
We went out cruising, but didn’t see any-
body. Let’s go cruise for a while. 3. tv. to
pursue a member of the opposite sex.
Tom was cruising Tiffany, but she got rid
of him. Are you cruising me, Tom? You
know you just barf me, like, out! 4. in. to
move on; to leave. Listen, I gotta cruise.
Time to cruise. Monty Python’s on in
ten minutes. 5. in. to move through life at
a comfortable pace. I just want to get
a good job and cruise for a while. I’m
cruising just the way I want now. 6. tv. to
pass a course easily. I’m gonna cruise
that math course. Tom really cruised
English this semester.
cruisern. a car; a fast car. This old hog
is a real cruiser. I don’t want a yuppie
cruiser, just an old family wagon.cruising for a bruising and cruisin’ for
a bruisin’in. asking for trouble. Yo u
are cruising for a bruising, you know that?
Who’s cruisin’ for a bruisin’?crumb[kr@m] n. a repellent person. The
old man was a real crumb and tried to
cheat us. Mickey is a crumb, and he
treats me like dirt.crumb-cruncher and crumb-crushern.a
child. How many crumb-crunchers do
you have at home. I nearly stepped on
that little crumb-crusher! Get him out of
the way!crumb-crusherGo to crumb-cruncher.crumbum[“kr@mb@m] 1. n. a repellent per-
son; a bum. A skid row crumbum asked
us for a buck. I gave the crumbum a
buck and hoped he would leave. 2. mod.
inferior; lousy. I sent the crumbum food
back to the kitchen. There was a bug in it.
I want out of this crumbum place.crumbyGo to crummy.crummy and crumby[“kr@mi] mod. lousy;
bad; inferior. You know, this stuff is
pretty crummy. It’s worse than crumby.crumped (out) 1. mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. She was too crumped out to drive
herself home. Are you crumped out
again? 2. mod. dead. Our old dog
crumped out at age fourteen. Uncle
Dave is crumped and now there’s nobody
left to drive that 1952 Cadillac. I am so
tired. I feel half-crumped.crum something uptv. to mess something
up; to make something crummy. Who
crummed the bird feeder up? TNow don’t
crum up this deal.crunchn. a crisis; a time of pressure or
tightness, especially of a budget. We
seem to be in a crunch of one kind or an-
other all the time. The budget crunch
meant that we couldn’t take trips to Europe
anymore.crotch-rot