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)

  1. To honk like a goose.

Noun

cronk (plural cronks)

  1. 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)

  1. (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Unwell, sick.
  2. (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Of a horse, broken down, not useful as a work horse due to illness or infirmity.
  3. (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) Illegal; dishonest.
  4. (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) No good; bad.

Noun

cronk (plural cronks)

  1. (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)

  1. 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.
  2. mount
    Cronk Calvaree ― Mount Calvary
  3. tor

Derived terms

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
cronkchronkgronk
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English cranc, from Proto-Germanic *krankaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /krɔnk/

Noun

cronk

  1. (rare) crank (handle for moving a crankshaft).

Descendants
  • English: crank
  • Scots: crank

References
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