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What (who) is crock - definition
crock
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Crocked; Crock (disambiguation)
crock1
informal
¦ noun Brit. an old person considered to be feeble and useless.
?an old and worn-out vehicle.
¦ verb
1. Brit. cause an injury to.
2. [as adjective crocked] N. Amer. drunk.
Origin
ME (orig. denoting an old ewe, later an old or broken-down horse): perh. from Flemish, and prob. related to crack.
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crock2
¦ noun
1. an earthenware pot or jar.
a broken piece of earthenware.
a plate, cup, or other item of crockery.
2. (also vulgar slang crock of shit) chiefly N. Amer. something considered to be complete nonsense.
Origin
OE croc, crocca, of Gmc origin.
crock
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Crocked; Crock (disambiguation)
I. n.
1.
Earthen jar, pot, piece of crockery.
2.
Low seat, stool.
3.
Soot, smut.
II. v. a.
Blacken (with soot), soil, smut.
Crock
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Crocked; Crock (disambiguation)
·noun A low stool.
II. Crock ·vi To give off crock or smut.
III. Crock ·vt To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter.
IV. Crock ·noun Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
V. Crock ·vt To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.
VI. Crock ·noun The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.
Examples of use of crock
1. "What a crock!" says Connecticut real estate agent David D‘Ausilio.
2. Northern Crock should never have been propped up.
3. So where, you might wonder, would you find the crock of gold?
4. Tonight‘s vegetarian feast was cooked in a hand–me–down Crock–Pot.
5. Related article 23.03.2005: Rob Evans: Rich land owners scoop up crock of gold from EU