Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crocky

/ˈkɹɑki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crocky
IPA: /ˈkɹɑki/

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Things are shoved into it sooty and steaming to get them out of the way, and it soon gets damp and crocky beyond all hope of purification."
""I'll wash him right after dinner, and that will keep him out of mischief for a while," she thought, as the young engineer unsuspiciously proceeded to ornament his already crocky countenance with squash, cranberry sauce, and gravy, till he looked more like a Fiji chief in full war-paint than a Christian boy."
"But I'm crocky already; My feet, 'ow they slither and slip!"

Etymology

From crock + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: crock

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɹɑki/
British English: /ˈkɹɒki/

Inflected Forms

more crocky (comparative) most crocky (superlative)

Rhymes With

hockey rocky jockey cocky stocky blocky pocky locky jocky schlocky oche flocky

Questions

How do you pronounce crocky?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹɑki/.
What does crocky mean?: Smutty, muddy.
Where does crocky come from?: From crock + -y.

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