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Definition crock
Etymology 1
From Middle English crokke, from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *krukk?, *krukkô (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *growg- (“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), regional German Kruke (“crock”), Danish and Norwegian krukke (“jar”),Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English cr?g, cr?h (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse.
Noun
crock (plural crocks)
- A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- (Britain) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
- (Britain) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
- (slang, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
- A low stool.
- (medical slang, derogatory) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
Verb
crock (third-person singular simple present crocks, present participle crocking, simple past and past participle crocked)
- To break something or injure someone.
- (textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
- (horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- (transitive, now dialectal) To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
Etymology 2
Compare Welsh croeg (“cover”), Scots crochit (“covered”).
Noun
crock (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
crock (third-person singular simple present crocks, present participle crocking, simple past and past participle crocked)
- (intransitive) To give off crock or smut.
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