crock

crock ¹  (krk)

n.

1.

a. An earthenware vessel.

b. A broken piece of earthenware.

2. Slang Foolish talk; nonsense: That story is just a crock.

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

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crock ²  (krk) New England

n.

Soot.

v. crocked, crock·ing, crocks

v.tr.

To soil with or as if with crock.

v.intr.

To give off soot or color.

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[Origin unknown.]

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crock ³  (krk) Chiefly British Slang

n.

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

v. crocked, crock·ing, crocks

v.intr.

To become weak or disabled. Often used with up.

v.tr.

To disable; wreck. Often used with up.

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[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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crock¹

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) an earthen pot, jar, etc.

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a piece of broken earthenware

3. Also crock of shit US and Canadian informal a quantity or source of lies or nonsense

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

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crock²

n

1. Slang chiefly Brit a person or thing, such as a car, that is old or decrepit (esp in the phrase old crock)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an old broken-down horse or ewe

vb

Slang chiefly Brit to become or cause to become weak or disabled

[originally Scottish; related to Norwegian krake unhealthy animal, Dutch kraak decrepit person or animal]

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crock³

n

1. Dialect chiefly Brit soot or smut

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) colour that rubs off fabric

vb

1. (tr) Dialect chiefly Brit to soil with or as if with soot

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) (intr) (of a dyed fabric) to release colour when rubbed, as a result of imperfect dyeing

[probably from crock¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crock - a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink carbon black, lampblack, smut, soot atomic number 6, carbon, C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
	2.	crock - nonsense; foolish talk; "that's a crock" hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
	3.	crock - an earthen jar (made of baked clay) earthenware jar jar - a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
Verb	1.	crock - release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric bleed, run - be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
	2.	crock - soil with or as with crock begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

Translations

crock [krɒk]

A. N

1. (= earthenware pot) → vasija f de barro
it's a crock of shit (esp US) → es una sandez, es una gilipollez(Sp) , es una pendejada(Andes, Mex) , es una huevada(Andes, S. Cone)

2. (= person) (also old crock) → carcamal m, vejete/a m/f; (= car etc) → cacharro m

B. VT → lisiar, incapacitar

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crock [ˈkrɒk] n

(= pot) → cruche f

(also old crock) (= object) → vieux clou m (= person) → croulant(e) >

(= rubbish) that's a crock! → c'est des conneries! >
a crock of shit → un tissu de conneries

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crock¹

n (= jar) → Topf m; what a crock of shit! (US sl) → was für ein Haufen Scheiße (sl)

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crock²

n (inf) (= vehicle) → Kiste f (inf); (= person) → Wrack nt (inf); (= horse) → Klepper m; an old crocks race → ein Oldtimerrennen nt

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crock [krɒk] n → coccio (fam) (person) (also old crock) → rottame m; (car, bicycle) → rottame m, macinino

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crock [krɒk] n → coccio (fam) (person) (also old crock) → rottame m; (car, bicycle) → rottame m, macinino

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crock

n crock [krok]

1 an earthenware pot or jar. erdepot, erdekan, erdekruik إبْريق، جَرّه глинен съд hliněný hrnec lerkrukke; krukke keramisches Gefäß πήλινο δοχείο vasija de barro savipott, savikruus ظرف سفالی saviastia, saviruukku cruche כְּלִי חֶרֶס मटका glineni ćup cserépedény gerabah leirker vaso/brocca di terracotta つぼ 오지그릇 molinis ąsotis/puodas māla pods pasu kruik, pot leirkrukke/-kar garnek gliniany vasilha urcior глиняный горшок hlinenák, hlinený hrniec, črepník lončena posoda zemljani lonac lerkärl, lerkruka เครื่องปั้นดินเผา çömlek, çanak 陶壺, 瓦罐 череп'яний глечик م‍ٹ‍ی كا برتن bình sành 坛子, 瓦罐

2 an old and decrepit person or thing That car's an old crock. knol, rammelkas, tjor إنسان مُحَطَّم وعاجِز кранта herka, křáp skrog; gammelt vrag; skramlekasse das Klappergestell σαράβαλο carcamal (persona); cacharro (cosa) logu, krogi پیر؛ زهوار در رفته romu, raakki guimbarde זָקֵן וְחָלוּש पुरानी घिसी-पिटी वस्तु या आदमी stari panj tragacs sesuatu yang sudah tua sekali drusla rottame 役に立たないもの 병약자 sukriošėlis vecs grausts; kleperis tua sukkel, wrak stakkar, krok; gammelt vrak, skranglekasse wrak, grat caco hârb кляча; драндулет krám, haraburda starina, stara škatla krntija skrälle, vrak ของชำรุด yaşlı ve beceriksiz kimse 衰老的人，老舊的物品 шкапа پرانا، خست‍ہ حال người hoặc vật già nua 破损的东西；衰竭的人