to take a crap
11
9.9
- phrasal verb
- /teɪk ə kræp/
- Offensive
- After eating all that pizza, I felt like I had to take a crap.
- need to take a crap
- just take a crap
- gotta take a crap
Examples
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I really need to take a crap before we leave.
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I gotta take a crap!
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I think, uh... I think I have to take a crap.
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- I have to take a crap so bad.
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I gotta take a crap.
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Did you take a crap in a toilet bowl that had no seat?
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I've got to take a crap.
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A pressure in the center of his chest has intensified, and to his nausea has been added an urgent desire to take a crap.
Fiction book (1990) -
I don't know if this is an awkward time to tell you, but I've had to take a crap ever since we left the consulate.
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Excuse me; I have to take a crap quickly.
Synonyms
252
1.0
To use the toilet in a polite or indirect way
155
8.9
To pass solid waste from the body
88
3.4
To pass solid waste out of the body
82
1.0
Go to the bathroom to pee or poo
82
1.1
To go to the toilet to pee or poo
55
9.9
To go to the toilet to poo
35
9.9
To poop solid waste out of the body
32
9.0
To pass solid waste from your body
16
7.0
To pass poo out of the body through the opening at the bottom
4
9.9
To go to the toilet to poop in informal speech
3
3.0
To pee or poo in a small toilet for children while learning toilet habits
1
9.9
To pass solid waste from your body
1
9.9
To poop and get rid of solid waste from your body
1
9.1
To pass waste from the bowels
1
9.9
To go to the toilet to poo
1
7.5
To pee or poo, usually in a toilet
To go to the toilet to poop in a rude way
To say you need to go to the toilet to poop as a joke
To pass poo from your body
How Vulgar
- Offensive
4
9.9
- Offensive
11
9.9
- Offensive
35
9.9
- Formal
16
7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward compositional construction: 'take' + 'a' + 'crap' follows the common 'take a + noun' pattern (e.g., take a shower, take a break) where 'take' signals performing an activity and 'crap' is a vulgar noun for defecation. Because the noun itself names the bodily function and the grammar is regular, a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer the meaning (though it is informal and vulgar).
Etymology
The phrase take a crap may come from everyday speech where take is used like in 'take a shower' and crap is a rude word for poop, so the image is someone going to the toilet to get rid of waste. So it means 'to defecate'.