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How to pronounce crud in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms filth, skank
Type of waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
Type Words
Type of disease


he said he had the crud and needed a doctor.
Type Words
Type of snow

Examples of crud

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This simple kit lets you ditch the scrub brush and soak away the burned-on crud.
From the sltrib.com
Whereas the mainstream US audience is used to very poor quality dumbed down crud.
From the guardian.co.uk
You really know the Tories are in power when this crud is contaminating the media.
From the guardian.co.uk
The state is home to one nuclear reactor and a vast storehouse of radioactive crud.
From the thenewstribune.com
Graduates are two a penny in this industry and 90% of the CVs I see are utter crud.
From the guardian.co.uk
The stiff midsection grabs hardpack and the softer tip and tail smooth out the crud.
From the denverpost.com
Gradually, the teams left and Joe Gibbs'infamous crud formed in the rafters.
From the washingtontimes.com
This just proves that, like it or not, the crud is where the vitality is.
From the theatlantic.com
If enough of us step beyond eating the industrial crud, all to the good.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
More examples
  • Heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing
  • Filth: any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
  • An ill-defined bodily ailment; "he said he had the crud and needed a doctor"
  • In computer programming, Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) are the four basic functions of persistent storage. Sometimes CRUD is expanded with the words retrieve instead of read or destroy instead of delete. ...
  • Crud was a punk rock fanzine edited by Neil Crud from Colwyn Bay, North Wales. It ran up to issue No.8 from 1986 to 1990.
  • Crud is a fast-paced game loosely based on billiards or pool purported to originate in the Royal Canadian Air Force. ...
  • Dirt, filth or refuse; Something of poor quality; Mixed impurities, especially corrosion products in nuclear reactor fuel; A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski; Crap, excrement; A contemptible person; US military/student term for venereal -, (later) any disease; Non-vulgar ...
  • Create Read Update and Delete.
  • A colloquial term for corrosion and wear products (rust particles, etc.) that become radioactive (i.e., activated) when exposed to radiation.