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TAKE A CRAP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does take a crap mean?
• TAKE A CRAP (verb)
The verb TAKE A CRAP has 1 sense:
1. have a bowel movement
Familiarity information: TAKE A CRAP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have a bowel movement
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit
Context example:
The dog had made in the flower beds
Hypernyms (to "take a crap" is one way to...):
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
Verb group:
make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee (eliminate urine)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take a crap"):
dung (defecate; used of animals)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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