croak, v. 1. talk hoarsely, speak thickly, grunt, groan, murmur.
2. grumble, complain, grouse, mutter, maunder; cry down, disparage, depreciate, belittle.
3. Slang, die, perish, Sl. kick the bucket.
crock, n. 1. (all earthenware) pot, jar, vessel, container, pitcher, ewer, flagon, Gk. and Rom. Antiquity. amphora, piece of crockery.
2. Slang, nonsense, rubbish, garbage, Sl. bullroar, Sl. bull; bunkum, Sl. bunk.
crockery, n. crocks, earthenware, clay ware, terra cotta, pottery, stoneware, ceramics, porcelain, china,
crone, n. hag, beldam, Sl. old bag, Sl. old bat; shrew, virago, vixen, nag; old woman, grandam, Brit, gammer,
crony, n. comrade, companion, chum, Fr. copain, U.S. Inf. buddy, Inf. pal, Obs. copemate; sidekick, shadow, alter ego, other self; friend, Achates, confidant, familiar, Inf. bosom buddy, roommate, bunk-mate, Sl. bunkie; teammate, co-worker, fellow worker; ally, compatriot, confederate, cohort, collaborator, cooperator, accomplice, Law. accessory; assistant, helper, helpmate; colleague, confrere, associate, con-sociate, compeer, peer, mate, comate,
crook, n. 1. hook, angle, dogleg, hairpin turn; curve, curvature, incurvature, incurvation, bow, arc, turn, twist, tortuosity; bend, bending, flexion, flexure, fold, inflection.
2. Informal, swindler, thief, embezzler, confidence man, U.S. Sl. con man, robber. See - swindler (def. 1). -v. 3. bend, flex, bow, twist; curve, incurvate, turn, deflect; circle, coil, curl, spiral, loop; arch, vault, camber, inflect.
4. meander, worm, zigzag, wind, wind in and out, sinuate; hook, angle off, shoot off at an angle, bear off; swerve, veer, deviate, divagate, diverge, slue.
crooked, adj. 1. bent, bending, flexed, bowed, hooked, twisted, contorted; curved, incurvated, angular, coiled, circled, curled, spiral, looped; arched, arcuate, inflected, vaulted, cambered.
2. winding, flexuous, sinuous, tortuous, serpentine; meandering, worming, zigzag; swerving, veering off, deviating.
3. awry, askew, tilted, to one side, sideways, off-center, uneven, Brit. Sl. squint; slanted, slanting, slantwise, aslant, diagonal, aslope, sloping, oblique.
4. deformed, misshapen, disfigured, distorted, gnarled, warped; irregular, asymmetric.
5. deceitful, tricky, dishonest, fraudulent, underhanded, Inf. left-handed; insidious, guileful, disingenuous, scheming, plotting, designing, calculating, contriving; false, false-hearted, double-dealing, two-faced, shifty, slippery, smooth, slick; crafty, cunning, artful, sly, wily, subtle, foxy; shrewd, astute, canny, sharp, knowing, Inf. cagey; unscrupulous, unprincipled, Machiavellian.
6. loaded, fixed, rigged, doctored, marked, weighted, predetermined.
crop, n. 1. harvest, yield, gathering, garner, glean ing, reaping, cutting, season's growth; production, product.
2. supply, collection, selection, assortment, batch, lot.
3. craw, gullet, maw, throat.
-v. 4. clip, cut short, trim; top, lop, mow; graze,
nibble, browse,
cross, n. 1. crucifix, crux, rood, crosslet.
2. crossing, crosswalk, corner; crossroad, crossway, intersection, junction, juncture; convergence, conver-gency, point of meeting.
3. thwarting, frustration, stumbling block, impediment, encumbrance, hindrance, pain in the neck; trouble, problem, difficulty, embarrassment, trying situation; snag, catch, hitch, rub, drawback, fly in the ointment.
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