crock
To break something or injure someoneTo break something or injure someone.
» Believe me, everything he's told you is a crock.
Поверь мне, всё, что он тебе рассказал, - это бред сивой кобылы. — marafon
Поверьте мне, всё, что он вам рассказал, - это бред сивой кобылы. — marafon
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesTo break something or injure someone.
To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
(dialectal, transitive)To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
soil with or as with crock
(intransitive)To give off crock or smut.
Examples
3 sentencesBelieve me, everything he's told you is a crock.
ruПоверь мне, всё, что он тебе рассказал, - это бред сивой кобылы. — marafon
What a crock!
Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her crock pot.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belFrom 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”).
Compare Welsh croeg (“cover”), Scots crochit (“covered”).
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Forms
crocks, crocking, crocked, crockedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle