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crapper

USKRAP-ur/ˈkɹæ.pɚ/UKKRAP-uh/ˈkɹæ.pə/

Pluralcrappers

3 meanings of crapper

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  1. 1
    nounslangmildly vulgarcountable
    A toilet, or an outdoor hut or pot that people use as a toilet.

    I need to use the crapper before we go.

    Someone left the light on in the crapper again.

    Similartoilet, john, can, bog

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  2. 2
    adjectivecolloquial
    Comparative of crap. It is rude slang for worse, so avoid it in polite talk.

    My new phone is crapper than my old one.

    The weather got even crapper in the afternoon.

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  3. 3
    nounslangderogatoryvulgarcountable
    A rude name for a rapper, used by people who think rap music is bad.

    Dad changed the station as soon as some crapper started rhyming.

    He says every crapper on the charts sounds the same.

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crapper is a form of crap

crap, adjective: Bad, or not made well. Full entry

Forms
crapcrapper comparativecrappest superlative
Spelling
crap → crapper: double the p, add -er

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Origins

Meanings 1–2

From crap + -er. It may have become more popular because of Thomas Crapper's plumbing fixtures, used in army barracks during the First World War.

Meaning 3

A mix of crap and rapper, suggesting that rap music is bad.