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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
cronk (third-person singular simple present cronks, present participle cronking, simple past and past participle cronked)
Noun[edit]
cronk (plural cronks)
- The honking sound of a goose.
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from British dialect crank (“unwell, ill, weak, weak-minded”).
Adjective[edit]
cronk (comparative more cronk, superlative most cronk)
- (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Unwell, sick.
- (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Of a horse, broken down, not useful as a work horse due to illness or infirmity.
- (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Illegal; dishonest.
- (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) No good; bad.
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
cronk (plural cronks)
- (Isle of Man) A hill or barrow.
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”).
Noun[edit]
cronk m (genitive singular cruink or crink, plural cruink or crink)
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cronk | chronk | gronk |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English cranc, from Proto-Germanic *krankaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cronk
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “crank, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.
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