Crock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɹɒk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Crock is a noun meaning (countable) A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
Meaning
(countable) A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
More Meanings
- (countable) A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- (UK, slang, countable) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
- (UK, countable, slang) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
- (countable) A low stool.
- (medical slang, derogatory) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
- To break something or injure someone.
- (slang, Canada, US, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
Example Sentences
old crocks race
old crocks’ home
The story is a crock.
That's a bunch of crock.
Word Forms
- crocks
- crocking
- crocked
Synonyms for crock
Depending on context, synonyms include banger, beater, clunker, crate, flivver, hooptie.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crap, baloney, flan, tissue, cloth, bunk.
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Sources & Attribution
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