crapper

Meaning

Noun

1. (mildly, slang, vulgar) A chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.
2. (mildly, slang, vulgar) A lavatory or outhouse.

Adj

comparative form of crap: more crap

crap

• Verb
• Noun
• Adj
• Intj
• Noun

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Synonyms

throne

pot

can

stool

toilet

🚽

potty

commode

Translations

vàter

lavabo

excusat

lavabo

pot

toilette

🚽

toilettes

vaso

🫙

banheiro

casa de banho

vaso sanitário

🚽

Vaso Sanitário

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹæ.pɚ/

Etymology

From crap + -er, although possibly repopularized by barracks employing Thomas Crapper's plumbing fixtures used during the First World War. The occupational surname Crapper derives from a dialectal variant of cropper (“harvester of crops, farmer”).