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noun

ˈkräk How to pronounce crock (audio)
Definition of crocknext
as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense that whole thing about how surprised she was to win the award was a crock

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crock

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verb

dialect
as in to mess

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Recent Examples of crock
Noun
What To Store On Your Counter Utensil Crock Keep a utensil crock next to your cooktop for making meal prep a breeze. — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 31 July 2026 In this rustic kitchen, the visual weight of the two breadboards balances the strong visual presence of the white crock. — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2026
Verb
But which No 9 good enough to lead a Premier League promotion chase is going to come to Leeds this month and sit on the bench waiting for the Dutchman to get crocked? Farke has mentioned Gnonto as an emergency striker option, if needed. — Beren Cross, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 Store indigo garments together or wrap them in tissue to avoid crocking. — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for crock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crock
  1. garbage
  2. mess
  3. nonsense
  4. disarray
  5. nuts
  6. jumble
  7. rubbish
  8. muddle
Noun
  • Most conflicts between humans and bears are traced back to human food, garbage, pet food, bird seed, or other things that attract bears.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Occupants of a residence on the 1400 block of 104th Avenue were angry at the auto body shop for parking lots of cars outside, loud noises and excessive garbage.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of garbage
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  • Here’s how to bring flowers from your cutting garden indoors while keeping insects and mess out.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The only way to mess this up is to not allow yourself the opportunity to touch it again and again and again.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of mess
Noun
  • Nonmaterialism was the sort of wishful nonsense preached by those who weren’t in any real danger of going hungry.
    — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Personally, this idea that the woke nonsense is just an outmoded relic of the past is ridiculous.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of nonsense
Verb
  • Not only were Carlson and Trouba leaning toward departures, but team captain Radko Gudas is an unrestricted free agent, leaving the right side of the Ducks’ defense in flux if not disarray.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 17 June 2026
  • That signing eventually turned a franchise used to disarray to one with legit postseason hopes.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
Definition of disarray
Noun
  • Eating plenty of nutrient-rich foods like nuts, berries, fish and leafy greens can lower inflammation.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Again, that doesn’t really bother me because super-heavy energy recuperation drives me nuts, but there’s no practical reason the vehicle simply can’t retain that choice.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of nuts
Verb
  • Announcements for who will have water access (and when) have been jumbled.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The structured design also helps keep everything in place while traveling, so nothing gets jumbled in transit.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of jumble
Noun
  • This comes at the expense of no movement in the wrist, but to be fair, having the lightsaber pointed in any other direction would look rubbish.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Only construction waste will be accepted at the landfill such as, brush and rubbish, concrete, brick, rock, wood, paper, plastics, cardboard and roofing shingles and tiles.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Definition of rubbish
Verb
  • If the watermarks become a catch-all for any Claude use, from spellchecks to complete rewrites, Anthropic’s solution will likely frustrate users by going further than necessary to label content in ways that could inadvertently muddle provenance.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • That the film can’t see this is a sign of how muddled its politics are, especially in its treatment of the tension between nature and modernity.
    — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of muddle

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