crackpot
English
noun
Definitions
- (informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person. A kook.
- (informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
Etymology
Compound from English crack (highly skilled, excellent) + English pot (pit, marijuana, pot, hollow, chamberpot, cavity), crack (highly skilled, excellent) + English pate.
Origin
English
pate
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticrack English
- antipot English
- baldpate English
- beanpot English
- buttcrack English
- clodpate English
- coalpot English
- cookpot English
- crack English
- crack shot English
- crack-hemp English
- crack-rope English
- crackability English
- crackable English
- crackback English
- crackbrain English
- crackbrained English
- crackerjack English
- crackest English
- cracketh English
- crackfic English
- crackhead English
- crackhouse English
- crackjaw English
- crackle English
- crackless English
- cracklet English
- cracklike English
- crackmeter English
- crackpipe English
- crackpotitude English
- crackpotology English
- crackpottery English
- crackproof English
- crackship English
- cracksman English
- cracky English
- craic English
- crockpot English
- dashpot English
- dunderpate English
- dyepot English
- eelpot English
- featherpate English
- firepot English
- fishpot English
- flashpot English
- fleshpot English
- flowerpot English
- fuckpot English
- fusspot English
- gluepot English
- hodgepodge English
- honeypot English
- hotpot English
- hydrocrack English
- inkpot English
- jampot English
- lickpot English
- macrocrack English
- matchpot English
- microcrack English
- mudcrack English
- nutcrack English
- outcrack English
- overpot English
- pate English
- pated English
- pisspot English
- pot English
- pot marigold English
- pot-bound English
- pot-house English
- potaholic English
- potale English
- potbank English
- potbellied English
- potbelly English
- potboy English
- potcake English
- potful English
- potgun English
- pothanger English
- pothead English
- potherb English
- potholder English
- pothole English
- pothook English
- pothunter English
- pothunting English
- potless English
- potlid English
- potlike English
- potline English
- potluck English
- potman English
- potpie English
- potsherd English
- potshot English
- potstick English
- potstone English
- pottable English
- potter English
- potty English
- potworm English
- precrack English
- quart-pot English
- rattlepate English
- rattlepated English
- recrack English
- reel-pot English
- repot English
- rumpot English
- saucepot English
- sexpot English
- shallowpate English
- shitpot English
- stewpot English
- stinkpot English
- stockpot English
- sulkpot English
- suncrack English
- swankpot English
- swill-pot English
- tarpot English
- teapot English
- thumbpot English
- thundercrack English
- tocrack English
- tosspot English
- trampot English
- try pot English
- underpot English
- unpot English
- washpot English
- waterpot English
- whipcrack English
- whitepot English
- wisecrack English
- crack Finnish
- kräkki Finnish
- potti Finnish
- Crack German
- craccare Italian
- crack French
- крэк Russian
- crack Spanish, Castilian
- crack Portuguese
- crak Middle English
- crakken Middle English
- pate Middle English
- pot Middle English
- craic Irish
- crac Welsh
- potsticker Chinese
- poto Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- pot
- pate
- repot
- unpot
- potty
- craic
- crack
- pated
- potlid
- potboy
- rumpot
- cracky
- hotpot
- inkpot
- sexpot
- tarpot
- dyepot
- potgun
- potman
- eelpot
- potful
- jampot
- potale
- potter
- potpie
- teapot
- fuckpot
- cookpot
- tocrack
- potlike
- pothook
- pisspot
- fusspot
- firepot
- dashpot
- gluepot
- stewpot
- beanpot
- potbank
- pothead
- try pot
- lickpot
- potcake
- potworm
- washpot
- trampot
- potshot
- pothole
- fishpot
- potless
- potherb
- overpot
- potluck
- sulkpot
- coalpot
- antipot
- recrack
- potline
- tosspot
- crackle
- shitpot
- fleshpot
- honeypot
- matchpot
- whitepot
- potstick
- precrack
- stockpot
- underpot
- crackjaw
- baldpate
- crackest
- cracklet
- potsherd
- suncrack
- potbelly
- waterpot
- thumbpot
- outcrack
- pottable
- crackfic
- stinkpot
- swankpot
- cracketh
- nutcrack
- saucepot
- flashpot
- potstone
- mudcrack
- clodpate
- crockpot
- reel-pot
- whipcrack
- crackable
- crackhead
- cracksman
- buttcrack
- pot-bound
- quart-pot
- crackpipe
- potaholic
- anticrack
- wisecrack
- crackless
- swill-pot
- crackship
- pothanger
- pothunter
- flowerpot
- potholder
- cracklike
- pot-house
- crackback
- crackhouse
- crack-rope
- crackmeter
- crackbrain
- rattlepate
- pothunting
- crack shot
- dunderpate
- macrocrack
- microcrack
- hydrocrack
- hodgepodge
- crack-hemp
- crackproof
- potbellied
- crackerjack
- rattlepated
- shallowpate
- featherpate
- crackpottery
- pot marigold
- crackability
- crackbrained
- thundercrack
- crackpotology
- crackpotitude