different between chud vs crud

English

Etymology 1

Compare chew, cud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??d/

Verb

chud (third-person singular simple present chuds, present participle chudding, simple past and past participle chudded)

1. (obsolete) To champ; to bite.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of A. Stafford to this entry?)

Etymology 2

From the science fiction horror movie C.H.U.D. (1984). The abbreviation in the title of aforementioned film stands for "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??d/

Noun

chud (plural chuds)

1. (US, slang) A gross, physically unappealing person, more recently used by people as an epithet for those perceived to be on the political right.
   • 2004 January 20, "Charlie, Minneapolis, MN, US", quoted in "Simpsons keep the laughs coming", BBC News.

   • 2014 July 28, Jeremy Azevedo, "Actually, Comic-Con Is Fucking Awesome", Vice.

Etymology 3

From ch- +? could, from ich + could.

Contraction

chud

1. (West Country, obsolete) I could

English

Etymology

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English cr?dan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

crud (countable and uncountable, plural cruds)

1. (uncountable) Dirt, filth or refuse.
2. (uncountable, figuratively, by extension) Something of poor quality.
3. (countable) A contemptible person.
4. Mixed impurities, especially wear and corrosion products in nuclear reactor coolant.
5. (uncountable, skiing, snowboarding) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
6. (uncountable, euphemistic) Feces; excrement.

   Synonym: crap

7. (uncountable, slang, US, military and students) Venereal disease, or (by extension) any disease.
8. (uncountable) A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.

Derived terms

• creeping crud
• cruddy

Translations

Interjection

crud

1. Non-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, damn.

Anagrams

• Curd, curd

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• crudu

Etymology

From Latin cr?dus.

Adjective

crud m (feminine crudã, masculine plural crudz, feminine plural crudi / crude)

1. raw, uncooked

   Synonym: nicoptu

   Antonym: coptu

2. crude, brutal, cruel

Middle English

Noun

crud

1. Alternative form of crudde

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French creu, with the d added back to reflect the Latin cr?dus.

Adjective

crud m (feminine singular crude, masculine plural cruds, feminine plural crudes)

1. raw; uncooked

Descendants

• French: cru

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kruð/

Noun

crud m

1. Alternative form of cruth

Mutation

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cr?dus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krud/

Adjective

crud m or n (feminine singular crud?, masculine plural cruzi, feminine and neuter plural crude)

1. raw, uncooked

   Synonym: necopt

   Antonym: copt

2. (of fruits) unripe

   Synonym: necopt

   Antonym: copt

3. brutal, cruel, barbarous

   Synonyms: brut, crunt, cumplit

Declension

Derived terms

• cruzime

Related terms

• cruditate