I. ˈkräk noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English crocc; akin to Old English crūce pot, pitcher, Middle High German krūche
Date: before 12th century
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
II. verb
Date: 1594
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
III. noun
Etymology: Middle English crok; akin to Low German krakke broken-down horse
Date: 1528
1. : one that is broken-down, disabled, or impaired
so many old… crock s with one foot in the grave — Angus Wilson
2. : a complaining medical patient whose illness is largely imaginary or psychosomatic
IV. verb
Date: 1839
transitive verb
: to cause to become disabled
intransitive verb
: break down