crud

[ kruhd ]

noun

1. Slang.
   1. a deposit or coating of refuse or of an impure or alien substance; muck.
   2. a filthy, repulsive, or contemptible person.
   3. something that is worthless, objectionable, or contemptible.
   4. prevarication, exaggeration, or flattery.
   5. a nonspecific, imaginary, or vaguely defined disease or disorder of the body:

      jungle crud.

   6. any unpleasant external ailment, disorder, or the like, as a skin rash.
   7. venereal disease, especially syphilis.
   8. Vulgar. dried semen.
2. Dialect. curd.
3. Dialect. clabber.

verb (used with or without object)

, crud·ded, crud·ding.

1. Dialect. to curd.

crud

/ krʌd /

noun

1. a sticky substance, esp when dirty and encrusted
2. an undesirable residue from a process, esp one inside a nuclear reactor
3. something or someone that is worthless, disgusting, or contemptible
4. the crud
   a disease; rot

interjection

1. an expression of disgust, disappointment, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of crud¹

1325–75; Middle English; earlier form of curd

Word History and Origins

Origin of crud¹

C14: earlier form of curd

Example Sentences

Even before COVID, a good mask would help save your lungs from the Coachella crud, especially on the long, dusty walks to and from the parking lot.

From Los Angeles Times

And later primaries would have provided additional time for crud to fall on Trump’s head, giving Republican voters an opportunity to come to their senses.

From Los Angeles Times

“Here’s just a taste of the antisemitic Jew-hating crud @KahllidA posts on his personal account — wacky conspiracy theories about Jews running the world and ruining it.”

From Los Angeles Times

Griswold was less inclined to blame cars and drivers than car manufacturers, who had the technology, he said, to control tailpipe crud, and there were patent records from 1909 to prove it.

From Los Angeles Times

No one wants to imagine giant cloud filled with plastic raining crud water all over them.

From Salon