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Cronk

adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unwell, sick. Australia, colloquial, obsolete
  2. 2
    Of a horse, broken down, not useful as a work horse due to illness or infirmity. Australia, colloquial, obsolete
  3. 3
    Illegal; dishonest. Australia, colloquial, obsolete
  4. 4
    No good; bad. Australia, colloquial, obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The honking sound of a goose.
  2. 2
    A hill or barrow.
Verb
  1. 1
    To honk like a goose.
  2. 2
    cry like a goose wordnet
  3. 3
    utter a hoarse sound, like a raven wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Imitative. Compare quonk.

Etymology 2

Imitative. Compare quonk.

Etymology 3

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

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