Crock Definition

krŏk
crocks
noun
crocks
An earthenware pot or jar.
Webster's New World
A broken piece of earthenware.
Webster's New World
Something that is absurd, insincere, exaggerated, etc.; nonsense.
Webster's New World
Soot; smut.
Webster's New World
One that is worn-out, decrepit, or impaired; a wreck.
American Heritage
verb
crocks
To soil with soot or smut.
Webster's New World
To give off coloring matter.
Webster's New World
To make or become disabled; break down; collapse.
Webster's New World
To disable; wreck. Often used with up.
American Heritage
(intransitive) To give off crock or smut.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Crock

Noun

Singular:
crock
Plural:
crocks

Origin of Crock

  • From Middle English crokke, from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *k(')rōug(')-, *k(')rōuk(')- (“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), German Krug (“jug”), Danish krukke (“jar”), Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English crōg, crōh (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse.

    From Wiktionary

  • Earlier old ewe that has ceased bearing probably akin to Norwegian krake sickly animal and Middle Dutch kraecke broken-down horse

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English crokke from Old English crocc Sense 2, short for crock of shit

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare Welsh croeg (“cover”), Scots crochit, covered.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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