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crock

1

[ krok ]

noun

  1. an earthenware pot, jar, or other container.
  2. a fragment of earthenware; potsherd.
  3. Slang. euphemistic shortening of crock of shit.

crock

2

[ krok ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that is old, decrepit, or broken-down.
  2. Slang. a person who complains about or insists on being treated for an imagined illness.
  3. an old ewe.
  4. an old worn-out horse.

verb (used with object)

  1. British Slang. to disable or injure.

crock

3

[ krok ]

noun

  1. British Dialect. soot; smut.
  2. excess surface dye from imperfectly dyed cloth.

verb (used with object)

  1. British Dialect. to soil with soot.

verb (used without object)

  1. (of cloth) to give off excess surface dye when rubbed.

crock

1

/ krɒk /

noun

  1. an earthen pot, jar, etc
  2. a piece of broken earthenware
  3. informal.
    Alsocrock of shit a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

crock

2

/ krɒk /

noun

  1. slang.
    a person or thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit (esp in the phrase old crock )
  2. an old broken-down horse or ewe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. slang.
    to become or cause to become weak or disabled
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

crock

3

/ krɒk /

noun

  1. dialect.
    soot or smut
  2. colour that rubs off fabric
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. dialect.
    tr to soil with or as if with soot
  2. intr (of a dyed fabric) to release colour when rubbed, as a result of imperfect dyeing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crock1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English crokke, Old English croc(c), crocca “pot”; cognate with Old Norse krukka “jug”

Origin of crock2

First recorded in 1520–30; Middle English crok “old ewe,” perhaps akin to crack (verb) and obsolete crack “whore”; compare Low German krakke “broken-down horse”

Origin of crock3

First recorded in 1650–60; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crock1

Old English crocc pot; related to Old Norse krukka jug, Middle Low German krūke pot

Origin of crock2

C15: originally Scottish; related to Norwegian krake unhealthy animal, Dutch kraak decrepit person or animal

Origin of crock3

C17: probably from crock 1

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