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English
Pronunciation
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.
Noun
cro (plural cros)
- (MTE, slang) Synonym of bro (“a male comrade or friend”)
2022 November 11, Drake, 21 Savage (lyrics and music), “Circo Loco”, in Her Loss:Every night, late night like I'm Jimmy Fallon / Cro shoot from anywhere like he Ray Allen
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Etymology 2
Clipping of chronic (“marijuana”).
Noun
cro (uncountable)
- (MLE, slang) Marijuana.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
2017 March 26, SL (lyrics and music), “Gentleman”: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)
References
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish cnó, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)).
Noun
cro m (genitive singular cro, plural croiyn)
- nut
Derived terms
- cro almon, cro Greagagh (“almond”)
- cro bainney (“coconut”)
- cro beetyl (“betel nut”)
- cro Brasillagh (“Brazil nut”)
- cro cabbil, cro souney (“horse chestnut”)
- cro cashtal (“castle nut”)
- cro cleashagh (“wing nut”)
- cro coull, cro keylley mooar, cro sharroo (“hazelnut, filbert, cobnut”)
- cro darree (“oak-apple, acorn”)
- cro faih (“beech nut”)
- cro frangagh, galchro (“walnut”)
- cro jinshar (“gingernut”)
- cro kytchinagh (“nutmeg”)
- cro shey-lhiatteeagh (“hexagonal nut”)
- cro Spaainagh (“(edible) chestnut”)
- cro sponk (“molucca nut”)
- cro teayst (“doughnut”)
- cro thallooin (“peanut, ground nut, monkey nut”)
- cro towlit (“tommy nut”)
- cro-ghone (“nut-brown”)
Mutation
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse krókr (“hook”).
Noun
cro m (plural crocs)
- (Jersey) hook
- (Jersey) fishhook
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