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)
- To honk like a goose.
Noun
cronk (plural cronks)
- The honking sound of a goose.
Adjective
cronk (comparative more cronk, superlative most cronk)
- (Australia, colloquial, dated) Of a horse, broken down, not useful as a work horse due to illness or infirmity.
- (Australia, colloquial, dated) Unwell, sick.
- (Australia, colloquial, dated) No good; bad.
Noun
cronk (plural cronks)
- (Isle of Man) A hill or barrow.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knokkos (“hill”).
Noun
cronk m (genitive singular cruink or crink, plural cruink or crink)
- 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.
- mount
- Cronk Calvaree ― Mount Calvary
- 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
- (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.