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Cro

//kɹəʊ// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Croatia. abbreviation, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Synonym of bro (“a male comrade or friend”). slang

    "Every night, late night like I'm Jimmy Fallon / Cro shoot from anywhere like he Ray Allen"

  3. 3
    Synonym of marijuana. Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncountable

    "Oh no, here we go, but I'm busy bagging my cro / Gotta go to my drum, but I got buds / So let me just have a quick smoke (quick smoke)"

  4. 4
    electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities wordnet
  5. 5
    Initialism of Contract research organization. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "This thesis deals in general with mergers & acquisitions in the CRO industry, and more specifically with reasons for M&A, success factors during the M&A process, and why M&A can fail in the Contract Research Organization industry."

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  1. 6
    Initialism of COMSEC responsible officer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of conversion rate optimization. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    Initialism of chief risk officer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The chief risk officer (CRO) title first appeared in a 1988 Peat Marwick study on global capital markets. The first CRO was James Lam of GE Capital, in 1993."

  4. 9
    Initialism of chief research officer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 10
    Initialism of chief revenue officer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  6. 11
    Initialism of chief reputation officer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  7. 12
    Initialism of chief restructuring officer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Etymology 1

Blend of Crip (“a member of the Crips gang”) + bro; however, the word does not necessarily refer to a member of the Crips.

Etymology 2

Clipping of chronic (“marijuana”).

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