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crunk | trap |

As nouns the difference between crunk and trap

is that crunk is a type of hip hop that originated in the southern united states while trap is stair, step.

As a verb crunk

is (obsolete|intransitive) to cry like a crane.

As an adjective crunk

is (us|slang) crazy and drunk; according to the [http://wwwdoubletonguedorg/ double-tongued word wrester] dictionary, [http://wwwdoubletonguedorg/indexphp/dictionary/crunk/ good, phat, fine].

crunk

English

Etymology 1

Compare Icelandic krnka to croak.

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To cry like a crane.
  • * Withals (1608)
    • The crane crunketh .
  • * The Country Man (poem)
    • The crunking crane heard high amongst the clouds.

    Etymology 2

    “high on marijuana and drunk (on alcohol) at the same time”. Coined Southern US late-1980s, in original sense of “rowdy, high energy out-of-control behavior by a crowd at Southern night clubs”.Miller, Matt: " Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the U.S. South, 1997-2007]". Popularized by its use in the (fusion genre) of (crunk) music in the 1990s and especially early 2000s. In this context, first used in music lyrics and notably popularized by '' (''Get Crunk, Who [are] You With[?]: The Album )."Lil Jon crunks up the volume", NY Times, November 28, 2004 See [[w:crunk
  • Etymology, Crunk: etymology] at Wikipedia for further information.
    • There is no evidence of any connection with Yiddish or German , nor that it entered the Southern Black vernacular through the presence of European Jewish immigrant shopkeepers in black neighborhoods in cities such as Atlanta; the phonetic similarity of the words is considered a coincidence.See this LanguageLog post for information on the high probability of chance similarity among languages.

    Alternative forms

    * krunk

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (US, slang) crazy and drunk; according to the Double-Tongued Word Wrester] dictionary, [http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/crunk/ good, phat, fine
  • * 2009 , (Kesha), (Tik Tok)
    • I'm talking about everybody getting crunk, crunk
    Boys tryin' to touch my junk, junk
    Gonna smack him if he getting too drunk, drunk
  • (US, slang) simultaneously intoxicated by marijuana and alcohol
  • * She is so fucking crunk right now.
  • (US, slang) of an absurd amount
  • * I have a crunk ton of homework tonight.
    • Quotations
    {{timeline , 1900s=1997 , 2000s=2003
    2004
    2005}} * 1997, *: Get crunk, who u wit’? * 2002, Ashanti, Foolish/Unfoolish [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1401300308&id=S118tQIJlk0C&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&sig=zFEu5k2g2F2iOTw6Pq6uFFjJJw0] *: Let me tell you how I like it / If we’re all in a crowd / I like to be the one they single out / Let me tell you how to please me / Can you get it crunk and make my body jump? * 2003, Todd Boyd, The New H.N.I.C. [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0814798950&id=DgZ7YgzOJLUC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&sig=vd-YPaf83WWKyHA6Qf6anoaj7zc] *: Using their trademark southern dialect, the group tell others to “huss that fuss,” shut up and move, for they, Outkast, are the type of people who “make the club get crunk ,” in other words, make you get up and jam, with “crunk” here functioning as a sort of past perfect sense of the word “crank.” * 2005, Tamara Palmer, Country Fried Soul [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0879308575&id=t-sT4VyjTKUC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&sig=UeD7CSeKUITrrT1oAfvUhOI627w] *: I just saw how much of an influence Tupac had on Master P and No Limit, how much of an influence Tupac had on the whole city of Atlanta, Georgia, and on Houston, Texas, and just how much influence on influence on that whole ‘Bankhead [Bounce]’ and getting crunk certain songs of Makaveli had on that shit.

    Noun

    (-)
  • A type of hip hop that originated in the southern United States.
  • * 2004, Crunk Classics [title] [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00029RT1M/]
  • * 2005, Michael Joseph Corcoran, All Over the Map [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0292709765&id=y5iPO9n4qtQC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&sig=Y6mP0dWw0IOpEwelSg4eXS2RkbM]
    • As Houston rap became a national sensation, spinning off into the “crunk ” scene, it was hard to believe that just ten years earlier, the only Texas rap acts of any note were Donald “The D.O.C.” Curry, the Dallasite who hooked up with Dr. Dre and the N.W.A. crew, and the Geto Boys, who set out to make West Coast gangstas come off like Young MC.
  • * 2005, Tamara Palmer, Country Fried Soul [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0879308575&id=t-sT4VyjTKUC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&sig=McTHEGgDgR6c2fFj-7mR-buBdaM]
    • On Slanguistics,'' a special on the MTV2 cable network, Andre 3000 offerred a succinct analogy for crunk.''' “What punk was to rock,” he explains, “' crunk is to rap.”
  • * 2005, David Katz, Things a Man Should Never Do Past 30 [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1588164691&id=vY51QY7nhEQC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&sig=5CLasz94Yluq_TIXNXloM-tgM2I]
    • Use a “crunk ” song for his cell-phone ring.
  • * 1997, Stephen King, "The Wizard and the Glass "
    • "...talking that stupid crunk' of theirs." There was no proper word for the dialect of the Mejic Vaqueros, but "' crunk " served well enough among the Barony's higher-born citizens.
    See also
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    References

    trap

    English

    (wikipedia trap)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) (m), from (etyl) and possibly Albanian (m) "raft, channel, path". Connection to "step" is "that upon which one steps". (etyl) are ultimately borrowings from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
    • I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
  • A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
    • Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
  • * Shakespeare
    • God and your majesty / Protect mine innocence, or I fall into / The trap is laid for me!
  • A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
    • Close the trap , would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
  • A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself.
  • Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
    • They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap .
  • A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
  • A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
  • (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
  • * 1913 , D.H. Lawrence,
    • The two women looked down the alley. At the end of the Bottoms a man stood in a sort of old-fashioned trap , bending over bundles of cream-coloured stuff; while a cluster of women held up their arms to him, some with bundles.
  • * 1919 ,
    • I had told them they could have my trap to take them as far as the road went, because after that they had a long walk.
  • *
    • At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap , came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.
  • (slang) A person's mouth.
    • Keep your trap shut .
  • (in the plural) belongings
  • * 1870 , , Running for Governor ,
    • ...his cabin-mates in Montana losing small valuables from time to time, until at last, these things having been invariably found on Mr. Twain's person or in his "trunk" (newspaper he rolled his traps in)...
  • (slang) cubicle (in a public toilet)
    • I've just laid a cable in trap 2 so I'd give it 5 minutes if I were you.
  • (sports) Short for trapshooting.
  • (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
  • (Australia, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
  • * 1996 , Judith Kapferer, Being All Equal: Identity, Difference and Australian Cultural Practice , page 84,
    • The miners? grievances centred on the issue of the compulsory purchase of miners? licences and the harassment of raids by the licensing police, the ‘traps ,’ in search of unlicensed miners.
  • * 2006 , Helen Calvert, Jenny Herbst, Ross Smith, Australia and the World: Thinking Historically , page 55,
    • Diggers were angered by frequent licence inspections and harassment by ‘the traps ’ (the goldfield police).
  • (US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular English) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.
  • (slang, informal, pejorative) A person with male genitalia who can be mistaken for a female; a convincing transvestite or transwoman.
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  • A kind of movable stepladder.
    • (Knight)
    Synonyms
    * snare
    Derived terms
    * activity trap * beartrap/bear trap * betrap * booby trap * bus trap * firetrap * fish-trap * honey trap * mantrap * mousetrap * offside trap * optical trap * radar trap * rattletrap * speed trap * tourist trap * trapdoor * (l)

    Verb

    (trapp)
  • To physically , to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.}}
  • To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
  • * Dryden
    • I trapped the foe.
  • To provide with a trap.
  • To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.
  • To leave suddenly, to flee.
  • (US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular English) (slang) To sell narcotics, especially in a public area.
  • (computing) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.

    • Related terms

    * entrap * entrapment

    Etymology 2

    (Trap rock) From (etyl) trapp, from .

    Noun

    (-)
  • A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
    • Derived terms
    * trappean * trappous * trappy

    Etymology 3

    Akin to (etyl) .

    Verb

    (trapp)
  • To dress with ornaments; to adorn; said especially of horses.
  • * Spenser
    • to deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed
  • * Tennyson
    • There she found her palfrey trapped / In purple blazoned with armorial gold.

    Etymology 4

    Shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, bodybuilding) trapezius (muscle)

    • Anagrams

    * part * prat * rapt * tarp ----