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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, from 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 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

crock [krɔk] n → cruche f;

(inf) (also: old crock) → épave f

crock [krɔk] n → Topf m;

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

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, erdekruikإبْريق، جَرّهглинен съдhliněný hrneclerkrukke; krukkekeramisches Gefäßπήλινο δοχείοvasija de barrosavipott, savikruusظرف سفالیsaviastia, saviruukkucrucheכְּלִי חֶרֶסमटकाglineni ćupcserépedénygerabahleirkervaso/brocca di terracottaつぼ항아리; 오지그릇molinis ąsotis/puodasmāla podspasukruik, potleirkrukke/-kargarnek glinianyvasilhaurciorглиняный горшокhlinenák, hlinený hrniec, črepníklončena posodazemljani lonaclerkärl, lerkrukaเครื่องปั้นดินเผาçömlek, çanak壇子, 瓦罐череп'яний глечикم‍ٹ‍ی كا برتنbình sành坛子, 瓦罐

2 an old and decrepit person or thing That car's an old crock.knol, rammelkas, tjorإنسان مُحَطَّم وعاجِزкрантаherka, křápskrog; gammelt vrag; skramlekassedas Klappergestellσαράβαλοcarcamal (persona); cacharro (cosa)logu, krogiپیر؛ زهوار در رفتهromu, raakkiguimbardeזָקֵן וְחָלוּשपुरानी घिसी-पिटी वस्तु या आदमीstari panjtragacssesuatu yang sudah tua sekalidruslarottame役に立たないもの낡은 것, 나이든 사람sukriošėlisvecs grausts; kleperistuasukkel, wrakstakkar, krok; gammelt vrak, skranglekassewrak, gratcacohârbкляча; драндулетkrám, haraburdastarina, stara škatlakrntijaskrälle, vrakของชำรุดyaşlı ve beceriksiz kimse破損的東西；衰竭的人шкапаپرانا، خست‍ہ حالngười hoặc vật già nua破损的东西；衰竭的人