cro

See also: CRO and cró

Translingual

Symbol

cro

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Crow.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Crow terms

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Blend of Crip (“a member of the Crips gang”) +‎ bro; however, the word does not necessarily refer to a member of the Crips.

Noun

cro (plural cros)

  1. (MTE, slang) Synonym of bro (“a male comrade or friend”).

Etymology 2

Clipping of chronic (“marijuana”).[1]

Noun

cro (uncountable)

  2. (MLE, slang) Synonym of marijuana.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
    • 2017 March 26, SL, “Gentleman”‎[2]:
      Oh no, here we go, but I'm busy bagging my cro / Gotta go to my drum, but I got buds / So let me just have a quick smoke (quick smoke)

References

  1. ^ “cro n.3”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Anagrams

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French crois, from Latin crux.

Noun

cro m (plural cros)

  1. (Troyen) cross

Noun

cro m (plural cros)

  1. (Troyen) hole

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[3] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[4] (in French), Troyes

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cnó, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)).

Noun

cro m (genitive singular cro, plural croiyn)

  1. nut

Derived terms

  • cro almon, cro Greagagh (“almond”)
  • cro bainney (“coconut”)
  • cro beetyl (“betel nut”)
  • cro Brasillagh (“Brazil nut”)
  • cro cabbil, cro souney (“horse chestnut”)
  • cro cashtal (“castle nut”)
  • cro cleashagh (“wing nut”)
  • cro coull, cro keylley mooar, cro sharroo (“hazelnut, filbert, cobnut”)
  • cro darree (“oak-apple, acorn”)
  • cro faih (“beech nut”)
  • cro frangagh, galchro (“walnut”)
  • cro jinshar (“gingernut”)
  • cro kytchinagh (“nutmeg”)
  • cro shey-lhiatteeagh (“hexagonal nut”)
  • cro Spaainagh (“(edible) chestnut”)
  • cro sponk (“molucca nut”)
  • cro teayst (“doughnut”)
  • cro thallooin (“peanut, ground nut, monkey nut”)
  • cro towlit (“tommy nut”)
  • cro-ghone (“nut-brown”)

Mutation

Mutation of cro
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cro chro gro

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

Noun

cro m (plural crocs)

  1. (Jersey) hook
  2. (Jersey) fishhook

Synonyms

  • (fishhook): ain

Derived terms

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