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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.
Etymology 2
Probably from British dialect crank (“unwell, ill, weak, weak-minded”).
Adjective
cronk (comparative more cronk, superlative most cronk)
- (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Unwell, sick.
- (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Of a horse, broken down, not useful as a work horse due to illness or infirmity.
- (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Illegal; dishonest.
- (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) No good; bad.
Etymology 3
Noun
cronk (plural cronks)
- (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)
- 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
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Mutation
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English cranc, from Proto-Germanic *krankaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
cronk
- (rare) crank (handle for moving a crankshaft).
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