crap out
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From die-rolling in the game craps.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]crap out (third-person singular simple present craps out, present participle crapping out, simple past and past participle crapped out) (intransitive)
- (gambling, intransitive) To lose a game of craps by rolling a seven.
- Synonym: seven out
- (slang, intransitive) To abandon an endeavour or project; to back down.
- He crapped out as soon as he was challenged.
- (of a machine, intransitive) To fail; to stop working.
- Synonym: break down
- Darn, my car crapped out.
- (slang, intransitive) To blunder; to fail massively.
- The team crapped out in the second half.
- (intransitive, slang) To die; to collapse; to fall asleep.
- The old man crapped out.
- (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.