"crapflood" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: crapfloods [present, singular, third-person], crapflooding [participle, present], crapflooded [participle, past], crapflooded [past]
Etymology: crap + flood Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crap|flood}} crap + flood Head templates: {{en-verb}} crapflood (third-person singular simple present crapfloods, present participle crapflooding, simple past and past participle crapflooded)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, Internet slang) To flood a user's screen, mailbox, etc. with large amounts of worthless text. Tags: Internet, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-crapflood-en-verb-DVHfjqm7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for crapflood meaning in English (1.4kB)

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