Crock meaning
An example of crock is to pour mud on a white linen.
An example of a crock is a pot in which beans are baked.
An example of a crock is a broken piece of clay.
An example of a crock is an absurd statement.
That story is just a crock.
Old crocks’ home = home for the aged.
Old crocks race = veteran car rally.
That is a bunch of crock.
The story is a crock.
- 2006 April 30, The Sunday Times.
Thousands of cars crocked by dodgy fuel.
Ferreira ... peremptorily expunges England’s World Cup chances by crocking Wayne Rooney.
- 2002, Sandy Scrivano, Sewing With Leather & Suede , ISBN 1579902731, page 95.
Colored fabrics should be dried separately for the first few times to prevent crocking (rubbing off of dye).
In leather garments, lining also prevents crocking of color onto skin or garments worn underneath.
Origin of crock
- 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
- Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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
- Compare Welsh croeg (“cover”), Scots crochit, covered.
From Wiktionary