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Added 10 October 2026

crock

/kɹɒk/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about crock at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
Nonsense; foolish talk.
that's a crock
An earthen jar (made of baked clay).

verb

Release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric.
Soil with or as with crock.

Origin

From Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *krokku, *krokkō, from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“vessel”). The English word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian krukke (“jar”), Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), regional German Kruke (“crock”), Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English crōg, crōh (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse.

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