cronk

American  

[krongk, krawngk] / krɒŋk, krɔŋk /

adjective

Australian Slang.

1. sick or feeble.

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cronk British  

/ krɒŋk /

adjective

1. unfit; unsound

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Etymology

Origin of cronk

1875–80; < Yiddish or German krank, Middle High German kranc weak

Example Sentences

A deep unfamiliar sound rouses me from my reverie and Nigel tells me it is the “cronk” call of the raven.

From The Guardian

Those chaps is gone cronk and done their villainy for nothing.

From Project Gutenberg

He said he would dispose of the cloth at a moderate figure because it was `cronk.'

From Project Gutenberg

Or only a bittern cronk, Then all was still?

From Project Gutenberg

When a girl's gone cronk, like you, she must expect to see white things darting about.

From Project Gutenberg