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crock

UK/kɹɒk/ US/kɹɑk/ uncommon slang uk us
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.

nonsense; foolish talk

  • “that”
2.

verb

1.

release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric

2.

soil with or as with crock

Origin

From Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *krokku, *krokkō, from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“vessel”). The English word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian krukke (“jar”), Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), regional German Kruke (“crock”), Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English crōg, crōh (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse.

Phrases

  • crock haircut
  • crock of gold
  • crock of shit
  • crock off
  • crock pot
  • crock up

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