cronk

[krongk, krawngk]

adjective

Australian Slang.

1. sick or feeble.

cronk

/ krɒŋk /

adjective

1. unfit; unsound

Word History and Origins

Origin of cronk¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cronk¹

C19: compare _crank ²

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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Or only a bittern cronk, Then all was still?

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

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