crock
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈkräk 
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
2 of 4verb (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
3 of 4noun (2)
1
: one that is broken-down, disabled, or impaired
so many old … crocks with one foot in the grave
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slang : a complaining medical patient whose illness is largely imaginary or psychosomatic
crock
4 of 4verb (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
: a thick pot or jar of baked clay
Medical Definition
crock
noun
ˈkräk
slang
: a complaining medical patient whose illness is largely imaginary or psychosomatic
crocks
verb
as in messes
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- messes
- collies
- disorders
- jumbles
- soils
- discolors
- dishevels
- draggles
- disarrays
- disarranges
- dirties
- muddles
- contaminates
- stains
- smudges
- mucks
- defiles
- grimes
- besmirches
- daubs
- distains
- taints
- mires
- pollutes
- smirches
- gaums
- bemires
- sullies
- confuses
- befouls
- begrimes
- blackens
- muddies
- fouls
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cleans
- cleanses
- purges
- brushes
- purifies
- decontaminates
- mops
- wipes
- scrubs
- washes
- rinses
- sweeps
- disinfects
- dusts
- sanitizes
- launders
- scours
- deodorizes
- brightens
- freshens
- renews
- dry-cleans
- straightens (up)
- spruces (up)
- tidies (up)