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cronk

cronk verb: to honk like a goose.

Verb

cronk (third-person singular simple present cronks, present participle cronking, simple past and past participle cronked)

  1. To honk like a goose.

Noun (1)

cronk (plural cronks)

  1. The honking sound of a goose.

Adjective

cronk (comparative more cronk, superlative most cronk)

  1. (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Unwell, sick.
  2. (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Of a horse, broken down, not useful as a work horse due to illness or infirmity.
  3. (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Illegal; dishonest.
  4. (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) No good; bad.

Noun (2)

cronk (plural cronks)

  1. (Isle of Man) A hill or barrow.

Proper noun capitalized: Cronk

Cronk (plural Cronks)

  1. A surname.

Forms of cronk

Verb
third-person singular presentcronks
present participlecronking
past participlecronked
pastcronked
Noun
pluralcronks
Adjective
comparativemore cronk
superlativemost cronk
Proper noun
pluralCronks

Origin of cronk

Imitative. Compare quonk.

Probably from British dialect crank (“unwell, ill, weak, weak-minded”).

Questions about cronk

What does cronk mean?
Cronk means to honk like a goose.
What part of speech is cronk?
Cronk can be a verb, a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of cronk?
The past tense of cronk is cronked.

Words near cronk in the dictionary

  1. croning
  2. cronings
  3. Cronins
  4. cronjob
  5. cronjobs
  6. cronk
  7. cronked
  8. Cronkhite
  9. Cronkhite-Canada syndrome
  10. Cronkhites
  11. cronking

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