shoot the crap

shoot the crap

To chat or converse aimlessly or casually. Customers always want to shoot the crap with me in the store before they buy something. I just shot the crap with John for a while when he passed me on the street.
See also: crap, shoot
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

shoot the crap

verb
See shoot the bull
See also: crap, shoot
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • shoot the breeze
  • shoot the bull
  • shoot the bull, to
  • fan the breeze
  • bat the breeze
  • breeze
  • take a crap
  • load of crap
  • Cut the crap!
References in periodicals archive
Generally I stick to the lagers but it's great to shoot the crap having a beer or two.
I see this point of view and I think having Winchester M1 Garand serial number 1, it would be a poor idea to shoot the crap out of it with corrosive ammunition made in Whereisitsstan.