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
crock 1 of 2
noun
as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense that whole thing about how surprised she was to win the award was a crock Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- garbage
- nonsense
- nuts
- rubbish
- blah
- bunk
- baloney
- stupidity
- trash
- muck
- drool
- beans
- silliness
- hogwash
- jazz
- balderdash
- bull
- twaddle
- bunkum
- malarkey
- claptrap
- hooey
- folderol
- poppycock
- fudge
- boloney
- tosh
- rot
- hokum
- flapdoodle
- bilge
- codswallop
- foolishness
- blatherskite
- crapola
- applesauce
- piffle
- craziness
- punk
- horsefeathers
- guff
- malarky
- trumpery
- drivel
- blither
- fiddle
- tommyrot
- blather
- humbuggery
- insanity
- blarney
- fiddlesticks
- falderal
- buncombe
- madness
- moonshine
- bosh
- hoodoo
- fiddle-faddle
- humbug
- flannel
- absurdity
- folly
- tarradiddle
- nerts
- greek
- taradiddle
- slush
- blah-blah
- hokeypokey
- idiocy
- senselessness
- gas
- foolery
- absurdness
- inanity
- lunacy
- tomfoolery
- asininity
- inaneness
- monkey business
- imbecility
- rigmarole
- fatuity
- rigamarole
- hot air
- witlessness
- kookiness
- monkeyshine(s)
- shenanigan(s)
- hoity-toity
- hocus-pocus
- double-talk
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- rationality
- sense
- horse sense
- reasonableness
- sensibleness
- reasonability
- levelheadedness
- wisdom
- judgement
- judgment
- common sense
- discernment
crock
2 of 2verb
as in to mess
Synonyms & Similar Words
- mess
- jumble
- disarray
- colly
- muddle
- disorder
- muck
- soil
- taint
- dirty
- contaminate
- disarrange
- discolor
- dishevel
- smudge
- draggle
- distain
- pollute
- mire
- stain
- defile
- besmirch
- confuse
- daub
- bemire
- muddy
- gaum
- sully
- grime
- smirch
- foul
- begrime
- blacken
- befoul
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- clean
- purge
- cleanse
- wash
- brush
- mop
- decontaminate
- wipe
- purify
- scrub
- rinse
- sanitize
- sweep
- disinfect
- dust
- launder
- spruce (up)
- scour
- deodorize
- renew
- brighten
- freshen
- straighten (up)
- dry-clean
- tidy (up)