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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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crock ¹

Noun

an earthenware pot or jar [Old English crocc pot]

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crock ²

Noun

old crock Brit, Austral & NZ slang a person or thing that is old or broken-down [Scots]

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 [krɔk] n → cántaro;

(col) (person) (also: old crock) → carcamal m/f; vejestorio: (= car etc); cacharro

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crock [krɔk] n → cruche f;

(inf) (also: old crock) → épave f

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crock [krɔk] n → Topf m;

(inf) (also: old crock) (vehicle) → Kiste f: (person) → Wrack nt

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crock [krɔk] n → coccio;

(col) (person) (also: old crock) → rottame m: (car etc) → caffettiera, rottame m

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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 항아리; 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 壇子, 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 낡은 것, 나이든 사람 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 破損的東西；衰竭的人 шкапа پرانا، خست‍ہ حال người hoặc vật già nua 破损的东西；衰竭的人