crock

English

/kɹɒk/

noun
Definitions
  • A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
  • A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
  • (UK) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
  • (UK) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
  • (slang) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
  • A low stool.
  • (medical slang) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English crokke inherited from Old English crocc inherited from Proto-Germanic *krukkō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *growg- (vessel).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*growg-

Gloss

vessel

Kanji

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