Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The cry of the wild goose. Also honk (which see).
  • Sick or feigned to be sick; in poor condition; in ‘bad trim,’ as a race-horse.
  • Unsound; cranky; shaky; unstable; ‘crooked’: as, crank financial institutions.
  • Obtained by theft or fraud; stolen: as, cronk goods.

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  • verb To honk like a goose

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  • verb cry like a goose
  • verb utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

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Examples

  • At any moment, I was expecting an old cronk to appear from behind the hangars, trembling and hippety-hopping and leaving a trail of nuts and bolts behind it to the shriek of rusty gear wheels, smoking rockets and horn blasts with the music of La

    The Commander 2006

  • Good horses were just as expensive in those days as they were before the war, but we subalterns did not buy expensive horses; we picked up good jumpers that had gone cronk, and trusted to the vet., occasional firing, plenty of bandages, and not too hard work to keep them going.

    The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon 1892

  • If anyone it should be JT moves to 5/8,cronk to Half back smith as hooker.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • And he doesn't have the kick in play game of a cooper cronk.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • WHAT A GREAT TEAM picked on the back of the mighty manly sea eagles, DCE is a way better no.7 thank cronk who has nothing when not playing with slater, good too see b.stewart get his test spot back from 2007, this team also shows me that the nsw team in 2012 will be stronger than in 2011

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • DL made the transition almost seemlessly. straight from 1 at the broncos, qld and Aust to 6 for all three as well. the next aust 6 will be thurston with cronk at 7.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Do you think cooper cronk will finally get his chance at origin this year?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • It's just that cuts like "Freedom," "Sex," and "Drinking Time" deliver a no-bullshit sound with just the right amount of aggro juvenilia, horn section cronk, and sing-along snottiness.

    Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue 2009

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    Nancy Cronk: Growing Up In Detroit: Community Organizing With Mostaccioli 2009

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    Nancy Cronk: Growing Up In Detroit: Community Organizing With Mostaccioli 2009

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  • Manx for "hill".

    September 27, 2007

  • I have a new onomatopoeia for my profile. :-P

    September 27, 2007

  • crank up the cronk a notch?

    December 15, 2007