to take a crap
9
9.9
- phrasal verb
- /teɪk ə kræp/
- Offensive
:
cagar
- 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
278
1.0
To use the toilet in a polite or indirect way
180
8.9
To pass solid waste from the body
77
1.1
To go to the toilet to pee or poo
68
3.4
To pass solid waste out of the body
40
9.0
To pass solid waste from your body
31
9.9
To go to the toilet to poo
26
9.9
To poop solid waste out of the body
22
1.0
Go to the bathroom to pee or poo
19
7.0
To pass poo out of the body through the opening at the bottom
11
7.5
To pee or poo, usually in a toilet
3
9.9
To go to the toilet to poop in informal speech
2
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 go to the toilet to poo
1
9.9
To go to the toilet to poop in a rude way
1
9.1
To pass waste from the bowels
To poop and get rid of solid waste from your body
To say you need to go to the toilet to poop as a joke
To pass poo from your body
How Vulgar
- Offensive
3
9.9
- Offensive
9
9.9
- Offensive
26
9.9
- Formal
19
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'.