Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In old Scots law, the satisfaction or compensation for the slaughter of a man, according to his rank.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Electronics) acronym for cathode-ray oscilloscope, an electronic device which provides visual images of varying electrical quantities. See oscilloscope.
WordNet 3.0
- n. electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
Examples
“Herald and Wrangel islands were sighted from the "cro'-nest" and, as they were neared, apparently free from ice.”
The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants
“While the headline above may not be true now, if I worked on the Kindle team at Amazon, I'd be running around figuring out who I had to kill, bribe, or screw to get some kind of cro ...”
“Like the cro-magnon man before us, we hunt and gather and ultimately hoard (substitute furs and herbs with phasers and variant covers).”
“So, they are clearly “elitists” to the cro-magnon base who think that white trash like Palin and Joe the Plumber are the future of the GOP. live Says:”
Matthew Yglesias » Ruffini: Kristol, Brooks, and Will Not Conservative Enough
“Connolly said Fimian -- who has apologized -- still needed to explain his "cro-magnon views on a tragedy that still resonates here.”
The Washington Post: At Connolly HQ, Jill Biden fires up volunteers
“A unibrow does not an inbred make … however cro-magnon comes to mind”
“He could be a nice looking cro-magnon man if he'd just groom.”
The Huffington Post: Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : Mothra, the Penguin, and the Succubus.
“You could obtain a "rep" by punching the guy riding the cute bike in the grill and then take his bike to a cro-mag show, but ultimately lending it to your white friend who just missed the last bus to rockland county.”
“We are in reality cro-magnons and share their bodies.”
““A toast to fire cro—” He stopped short and an adorably sheepish look crossed his face.”
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