Crud

Definitions

1. Acronym of create, read, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
2. Dirt, filth or refuse.
   uncountable
3. Something of poor quality.
   broadly, figuratively, uncountable
4. A contemptible person.
   countable
5. Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
   countable, uncountable
6. A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
   uncountable
7. Feces; excrement.
   euphemistic, uncountable
8. Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
   US, slang, uncountable
9. A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
   uncountable
10. Cottage cheese.
    Pennsylvania, Western, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery. All of it needs cleaning.”

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