cronk

See also: Cronk

English

Etymology 1

Imitative. Compare quonk.

Verb

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

1. To honk like a goose.

Noun

cronk (plural cronks)

1. The honking sound of a goose.

Etymology 2

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

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.

Etymology 3

Noun

cronk (plural cronks)

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

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”).

Noun

cronk m (genitive singular cruink or crink, plural cruink or crink)

1. hill

   T'ad cur beeal-ghraih da'n Ghaelg er Cronk Keeill Eoin. ― They pay lip service to Manx on Tynwald hill.

   Ta'n thie er cronk. ― The house stands upon a hill.

2. mount

   Cronk Calvaree ― Mount Calvary

3. tor

Derived terms

• crongan

Mutation

Manx mutation
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

Alternative forms

• cranke

Etymology

From Old English cranc, from Proto-Germanic *krankaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɔnk/

Noun

cronk

1. (rare) crank (handle for moving a crankshaft).

Descendants

• English: crank
• Scots: crank

References

• “crank, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.