Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cry of the wild goose. Also
honk (which see). - Sick or feigned to be sick; in poor condition; in ‘bad trim,’ as a race-horse.
- Unsound; cranky; shaky; unstable; ‘crooked’: as, crank financial institutions.
- Obtained by theft or fraud; stolen: as, cronk goods.
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- verb To
honk like agoose
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cry like a goose
- verb utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
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Examples
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At any moment, I was expecting an old cronk to appear from behind the hangars, trembling and hippety-hopping and leaving a trail of nuts and bolts behind it to the shriek of rusty gear wheels, smoking rockets and horn blasts with the music of La
The Commander 2006
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Good horses were just as expensive in those days as they were before the war, but we subalterns did not buy expensive horses; we picked up good jumpers that had gone cronk, and trusted to the vet., occasional firing, plenty of bandages, and not too hard work to keep them going.
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If anyone it should be JT moves to 5/8,cronk to Half back smith as hooker.
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And he doesn't have the kick in play game of a cooper cronk.
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WHAT A GREAT TEAM picked on the back of the mighty manly sea eagles, DCE is a way better no.7 thank cronk who has nothing when not playing with slater, good too see b.stewart get his test spot back from 2007, this team also shows me that the nsw team in 2012 will be stronger than in 2011
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DL made the transition almost seemlessly. straight from 1 at the broncos, qld and Aust to 6 for all three as well. the next aust 6 will be thurston with cronk at 7.
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Do you think cooper cronk will finally get his chance at origin this year?
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It's just that cuts like "Freedom," "Sex," and "Drinking Time" deliver a no-bullshit sound with just the right amount of aggro juvenilia, horn section cronk, and sing-along snottiness.
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Nancy Cronk: Growing Up In Detroit: Community Organizing With Mostaccioli 2009
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Nancy Cronk: Growing Up In Detroit: Community Organizing With Mostaccioli 2009
yarb commented on the word cronk
Manx for "hill".
September 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the word cronk
I have a new onomatopoeia for my profile. :-P
September 27, 2007
ravages commented on the word cronk
crank up the cronk a notch?
December 15, 2007