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单词 crocking
释义

crock

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noun (1)

ˈkräk How to pronounce crock (audio)
1
: a thick earthenware pot or jar
2
[from its formation on cooking pots] dialect : soot, smut
3
: coloring matter that rubs off from cloth or dyed leather
4
: bunkum
usually used with a
the story in the paper is a crock

crock

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verb (1)

crocked; crocking; crocks

transitive verb

1
: to put or preserve in a crock
2
dialect : to soil with crock : smudge

intransitive verb

: to transfer color (as when rubbed or washed)
a suede that will not crock

crock

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noun (2)

1
: one that is broken-down, disabled, or impaired
so many old … crocks with one foot in the grave Angus Wilson
2
slang : a complaining medical patient whose illness is largely imaginary or psychosomatic

crock

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verb (2)

crocked; crocking; crocks

transitive verb

: to cause to become disabled

intransitive verb

: break down

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • applesauce [slang]
  • balderdash
  • baloney
  • boloney
  • beans
  • bilge
  • blah
  • blah-blah
  • blarney
  • blather
  • blatherskite
  • blither
  • bosh
  • bull [slang]
  • bunk
  • bunkum
  • buncombe
  • claptrap
  • codswallop [British]
  • crapola [slang]
  • drivel
  • drool
  • fiddle
  • fiddle-faddle
  • fiddlesticks
  • flannel [British]
  • flapdoodle
  • folderol
  • falderal
  • folly
  • foolishness
  • fudge
  • garbage
  • guff
  • hogwash
  • hokeypokey
  • hokum
  • hoodoo
  • hooey
  • horsefeathers [slang]
  • humbug
  • humbuggery
  • jazz
  • malarkey
  • malarky
  • moonshine
  • muck
  • nerts [slang]
  • nonsense
  • nuts
  • piffle
  • poppycock
  • punk
  • rot
  • rubbish
  • senselessness
  • silliness
  • slush
  • stupidity
  • taradiddle
  • tarradiddle
  • tommyrot
  • tosh
  • trash
  • trumpery
  • twaddle
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English crocc; akin to Old English crūce pot, pitcher, Middle High German krūche

Noun (2)

Middle English crok; akin to Low German krakke broken-down horse

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

1594, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (2)

1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1839, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

crock

noun

ˈkräk How to pronounce crock (audio)
: a thick pot or jar of baked clay

Medical Definition

crock

noun

ˈkräk How to pronounce crock (audio)
slang
: a complaining medical patient whose illness is largely imaginary or psychosomatic

crocking

verb

present participle of crock, dialect
as in messing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • messing
  • discoloring
  • disordering
  • disarranging
  • draggling
  • disheveling
  • muddling
  • collying
  • contaminating
  • jumbling
  • dishevelling
  • soiling
  • smudging
  • disarraying
  • polluting
  • staining
  • tainting
  • dirtying
  • mucking
  • blackening
  • defiling
  • besmirching
  • confusing
  • sullying
  • daubing
  • griming
  • befouling
  • smirching
  • distaining
  • miring
  • muddying
  • fouling
  • bemiring
  • begriming
  • gauming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cleaning
  • cleansing
  • purging
  • washing
  • wiping
  • rinsing
  • purifying
  • decontaminating
  • brushing
  • disinfecting
  • scrubbing
  • mopping
  • dusting
  • sweeping
  • scouring
  • laundering
  • sanitizing
  • brightening
  • renewing
  • freshening
  • deodorizing
  • sprucing (up)
  • dry-cleaning
  • straightening (up)
  • tidying (up)
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