Sekirov Dictionary

crock

UK /kɹɒk/US /kɹɑk/

noun 9
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 3

noun9

A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
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(US, slang) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
- That's a bunch of crock.
- The story is a crock.
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(UK, slang) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
- old crocks’ home
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(UK, slang) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
- old crocks race
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(offensive) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
- Mumford (1970) noted that the terms ‘crock’, ‘gomer’, and ‘turkey’, were sometimes utilized by interns to designate different types of undesirable patients, and sometimes used synonymously. — 1976
A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
A low stool.
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.

verb5

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To break something or injure someone.
- "That last time I brought down Barry I crocked him. He's in his study now with a sprained ankle. ..." — 1904
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To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
- thus producing a permanent, definite color thereon which will not fade or crock, and at the same time using up all of the coloring matter. — 1917
To give off crock or smut.
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To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- The pots should be crocked for drainage to one-half their depth and the plants made moderately firm in the compost, as already indicated... — 1900
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(dialect) To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
- She filled the pail and carried it down to the springhouse to crock it and leave it to cool. — 1970

forms

crocked · crocking · crocks

Phrases with crock

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