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croc

/kʁo/

noun, masculine/kʁo/plural: crocs

hook; fang

Inherited from Middle French croc, from Old French croc, croke (“curved instrument, hook”), from Frankish *krōk (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”), Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”). More at crook, crooked.

noun, masculine/kʁɔk/plural: crocs

croc (type of shoe)

From the name of Crocs Inc., a shoe company.

interjection/kʁɔk/

crunch

Onomatopoeic.