crock

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noun

The definition of a crock is a pot made of earthenware, or a piece of earthenware, or is slang for something that is nonsense.
1. An example of a crock is a pot in which beans are baked.
2. An example of a crock is a broken piece of clay.
3. An example of a crock is an absurd statement.

verb

Crock is defined as to make dirty or bleed dye.
An example of crock is to pour mud on a white linen.

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crock

an earthenware pot or jar
a broken piece of earthenware
Origin of crock
clip of a crock of shit
Slang something that is absurd, insincere, exaggerated, etc.; nonsense

Origin of crock

Middle English crokke from Old English crocca, akin to German krug from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Indo-European base an unverified form ger-, to turn, twist from source crib

Dial. soot; smut
coloring matter rubbed off from dyed fabric

Origin of crock

British dialect, dialectal from uncertain or unknown; perhaps

Dial. to soil with soot or smut

to give off coloring matter: said of dyed fabric

an old broken-down horse
Slang anyone or anything worthless, useless, or worn-out, as from old age
Slang a medical patient who complains chronically about minor or imaginary illnesses

Origin of crock

from Old Norse kraki, a weak, crippled person, origin, originally , a bent object: for Indo-European base see crock

Informal to make or become disabled; break down; collapse: often with up

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crock

noun

a. An earthenware vessel.
b. A broken piece of earthenware.
Slang Foolish talk; nonsense: That story is just a crock.

Origin of crock

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

New England

noun

Soot.

verb

crocked, crock·ing, crocks

verb

transitive

To soil with or as if with crock.

verb

intransitive

To give off soot or color.

Origin of crock

Origin unknown

Chiefly British Slang

noun

One that is worn-out, decrepit, or impaired; a wreck.

verb

crocked, crock·ing, crocks

verb

intransitive

To become weak or disabled. Often used with up.

verb

transitive

To disable; wreck. Often used with up.

Origin of crock

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

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Noun

(plural crocks)

A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
(UK) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
Old crocks’ home = home for the aged
(UK) An old or broken-down vehicle (formerly a horse).
Old crocks race = veteran car rally
(slang, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
That is a bunch of crock.
The story is a crock.
A low stool.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present crocks, present participle crocking, simple past and past participle crocked)

To break something or injure someone.
Thousands of cars crocked by dodgy fuel
- 2006 April 30, The Sunday Times:
Ferreira ... peremptorily expunges England’s World Cup chances by crocking Wayne Rooney.
(textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
Colored fabrics should be dried separately for the first few times to prevent crocking (rubbing off of dye).
- 2002, Sandy Scrivano, Sewing With Leather & Suede , ISBN 1579902731, page 95:
In leather garments, lining also prevents crocking of color onto skin or garments worn underneath.
(horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
To store (butter, etc.) in a crock.

Origin

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.

Noun

(uncountable)

The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present crocks, present participle crocking, simple past and past participle crocked)

(intransitive) To give off crock or smut.

Origin

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

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