crap out

English

Etymology

From die-rolling in the game craps.

Pronunciation

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Verb

crap out (third-person singular simple present craps out, present participle crapping out, simple past and past participle crapped out) (intransitive)

1. (gambling, intransitive) To lose a game of craps by rolling a seven.

   Synonym: seven out

2. (slang, intransitive) To abandon an endeavour or project; to back down.

   He crapped out as soon as he was challenged.

3. (of a machine, intransitive) To fail; to stop working.

   Synonym: break down

   Darn, my car crapped out.

4. (slang, intransitive) To blunder; to fail massively.

   The team crapped out in the second half.

5. (intransitive, slang) To die; to collapse; to fall asleep.

   The old man crapped out.

6. (US, military, slang, intransitive) To idle or mess around.
   • 2002, Wesley L. Fox, Marine Rifleman: Forty-three Years in the Corps, page 104:

     So, recruits fought sleep and slept in the hot classrooms while DIs caught up on their sleep by crapping out on their duty rack in full uniform.

   • 2011, Guy Lennon, Knights of the State Department:

     He planned on being done by the early afternoon and then crapping out for the rest of the day.

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