different between crud vs poo

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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pu/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

See pooh.

Noun

poo (countable and uncountable, plural poos)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo".
2. (uncountable, childish) Feces.
   • 1960, Harold Wentworth & al., Dictionary of American Slang, p. 401:

     Poo... feces.

   • 2018 Brent Butt, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated:

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

3. (countable, chiefly Britain, childish) A piece of feces or an act of defecation.
   • June 22 1981, The Guardian, p. 8:

     That doggy's doing a poo.

4. (uncountable, slang) Cannabis resin.
5. (uncountable, slang) Champagne.

Synonyms

• (shit): See Thesaurus:feces
• (defecation): See Thesaurus:defecation

Coordinate terms

• pee
• wee

Translations

Verb

poo (third-person singular simple present poos, present participle pooing, simple past and past participle pooed)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: to say "poo".
2. (intransitive, childish) To defecate.
   • 1975 July 6, C. James, Observer, p. 23:

     The dog practically has to poo on his shoe before he can make the pinch.

3. (transitive, childish) To dirty something with feces.
   • 1989 Dec. 11, The Mercury:

     Most babies I knew then had on introduction either howled or pooed their pants.

   • 2003 March 13, The Sun:

     We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.

Coordinate terms

• pee

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

Interjection

poo

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: Expressing dismissal, disgust, etc.
2. (euphemistic) Expressing annoyance, frustration, etc.: a minced oath for 'shit'.
   • 1986 January 12, Chicago Tribune, page 3c:

     Petulant and pouty, Stephanie herself says things like, ‘Oh, poo.’

Synonyms

• (expressing annoyance, etc): See Thesaurus:dammit

Etymology 2

Clipping of shampoo.

Noun

poo (uncountable)

1. Short for shampoo.

Derived terms

• pre-poo

Anagrams

• OOP, oop

'Are'are

Noun

poo

1. pig

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?poo/
• Hyphenation: po?o
• Rhymes: -oo

Noun

poo (accusative singular poon, plural pooj, accusative plural poojn)

1. Poa

Derived terms

• poacoj

Middle English

Noun

poo

1. Alternative form of po

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus, from Latin pulvis (“powder; dust”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.o/

Noun

poo m (plural poos)

1. powder (fine particles made by grinding substance)

   • A Tan to?te que Sa?da foi.o Crerigo fillou a ? fez logo dela poos ? en ?a bol??a guardo a

     As soon as it exited, the cleric grabbed it and soon ground it (literally: made powders of it) and stored it in his purse.

Descendants

• Galician: po
• Portuguese: pó
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: po

Seri

Noun

poo

1. (archaic) collared peccary, Pecari tajacu

   Synonym: ziix ina quicös

Derived terms

• poo caacoj

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.??/

Noun

pôô (plural dipoo)

1. bull (male cow)