crock

(krŏk)
n.

1. 1. An earthenware vessel.
   2. A broken piece of earthenware.
2. Slang. Foolish talk; nonsense: That story is just a crock.

[Middle English crokke, from Old English crocc. Sense 2, short for crock of shit.]

crock² (krŏk) New England.
n.
Soot.


v., crocked, crock·ing, crocks.

v.tr.
To soil with or as if with crock.

v.intr.
To give off soot or color.

[Origin unknown.]

crock³ (krŏk) Chiefly British Slang.
n.
One that is worn-out, decrepit, or impaired; a wreck.


v., crocked, crock·ing, crocks.

v.intr.
To become weak or disabled. Often used with up.

v.tr.
To disable; wreck. Often used with up.

[Earlier, old ewe that has ceased bearing, probably akin to Norwegian krake, sickly animal, and Middle Dutch kraecke, broken-down horse.]

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[from the American scatologism crock of shit]

1. An awkward feature or programming technique that ought to be made cleaner. For example, using small integers to represent error codes without the program interpreting them to the user (as in, for example, Unix make(1), which returns code 139 for a process that dies due to segfault).

2. A technique that works acceptably, but which is quite prone to failure if disturbed in the least. For example, a too-clever programmer might write an assembler which mapped instruction mnemonics to numeric opcodes algorithmically, a trick which depends far too intimately on the particular bit patterns of the opcodes. (For another example of programming with a dependence on actual opcode values, see The Story of Mel' in Appendix A.) Many crocks have a tightly woven, almost completely unmodifiable structure. See kluge, brittle. The adjectives crockish and crocky, and the nouns crockishness and crockitude, are also used.

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IN BRIEF: A pot or jar usually made of clay.

We found an old crock full of old nails in the shed.

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noun
noun

1: An old person, esp. one who is debilitated or an invalid; often in phr. old crock. (1876 —) .
Guardian Behind him at yesterday's launch...were enough old crocks to remind you that Major does come from a new generation (1992).

2: An old or worn-out vehicle. (1903 —) .
H. G. Wells I understand you want all of these out-of-date crocks of yours...to fly again (1935). Hence crocked adjective Hurt, damaged, disabled. (1900 —) .

[In sense 1, from earlier meaning, old ewe.]

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Cull ewe; called also crone.

For a list of words related to crock, see:

• Receptacles and Casks - crock: thick earthenware pot or jar
• Glass and Ceramics - crock: thick earthenware pot or jar
• Foolishness, Bunkum, and Trifles

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - krykhusar, smadrekasse
v. tr. - få til at falde fra hinanden
v. intr. - falde fra hinanden

2.
n. - lerpotte, potteskår

idioms:

• a crock of gold    en krukke guld

3.
n. - snavs
v. tr. - tilsode
v. intr. - sode

Nederlands (Dutch)
wrak, aardewerken kruik/pot, fles drank, roet, kleursel, in een kruik doen, (kleur) afgeven, (doen) instorten

Français (French)
1.
n. - vieux bonhomme fini, croulant, vieille bagnole, vieux clou
v. tr. - blesser qn, ruiner qn, briser (qn)
v. intr. - s'affaiblir, devenir handicapé

2.
n. - pot de terre, cruche, tesson, (US) conneries (npl)

idioms:

• crock of gold    un pot en or

3.
n. - suie
v. tr. - recouvrir de suie
v. intr. - déteindre, dégager (de la suie)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Wrack, alter Gaul
v. - verletzen, ruinieren, arbeitsunfähig machen, arbeitsunfähig werden, zusammenbrechen

2.
n. - Topf, Krug, Scherbe, irdener Topf, Nonsens

idioms:

• crock of gold    unerfüllter (Geld)Wunsch, eine Kiste voll Gold

3.
n. - Ruß, abgehende Farbe
v. - abfärben, mit abgehender Farbe beschmutzen, rußen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τσουκάλι, κιούπι, στάμνα, θραύσμα κεραμικού δοχείου, σαράβαλο, χούφταλο

idioms:

• a crock of gold    θησαυρός, γη της Επαγγελίας

Italiano (Italian)
macinino, rottame

idioms:

• a crock of gold    tesoro inaspettato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vaso (m) de barro, pessoa (f) velha e fraca (coloq.)

idioms:

• a crock of gold    uma pilha de ouro

Русский (Russian)
колымага, развалина

idioms:

• a crock of gold    горшок наполнен золотом, приз, большое количество золота

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - carcamal, piltrafa
v. tr. - herir a alguien, arruinar
v. intr. - debilitarse

2.
n. - cacharro, cántaro

idioms:

• crock of gold    ánfora llena de oro, tesoro, un imposible, olla de oro

3.
n. - hollín
v. tr. - ensuciar con hollín , teñirse de negro
v. intr. - desteñir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skrälle (vard.), stackare (vard.), lerkärl, lerskärva, hästkrake (vard.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 瓦罐, 瓦缸, 瓦壶, 碎瓦片

idioms:

• a crock of gold    一坛金子

2. 老弱无用的马, 老朽的人, 破旧无用的东西, 疑病患者, 使衰弱, 使身体垮掉, 变得衰弱, 身体垮掉

3. 煤烟, 油烟, 自染色布上擦下来的颜料, 摩擦脱色, 以油烟污损

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 老弱無用的馬, 老朽的人, 破舊無用的東西, 疑病患者
v. tr. - 使衰弱, 使身體垮掉
v. intr. - 變得衰弱, 身體垮掉

2.
n. - 煤煙, 油煙, 自染色布上擦下來的顏料
v. intr. - 摩擦脫色
v. tr. - 以油煙污損

3.
n. - 瓦罐, 瓦缸, 瓦壺, 碎瓦片

idioms:

• a crock of gold    一壇金子

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 지치고 노쇠한 사람
v. tr. - 다치게 하다, 부서뜨리다
v. intr. - 약해지다, 불구가 되다

2.
n. - 오지 단지, 금속제 냄비

idioms:

• a crock of gold    금 항아리

3.
n. - 검댕, 때
v. tr. - 검댕으로 더럽히다
v. intr. - 안료가 벗겨지다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - つぼ, かめ, 老いぼれ, ぽんこつ自動車

idioms:

• a crock of gold    決して得られることのない報い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قطعه من الخزف أو الفخار, سيارة قديمه, شخص كبير السن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כלי-חרס, שבר חרס‬
n. - ‮אדם לא-יעיל, גרוטה, אדם תשוש, סוס זקן‬
v. tr. - ‮מוטט, החליש‬
v. intr. - ‮התמוטט, נשבר‬
n. - ‮פיח, צבע רב מדי על בד‬
v. intr. - ‮פלט צבע מיותר כאשר שופשף (בד)‬
v. tr. - ‮לכלכך בפיח, פייח‬

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