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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)
- (MTE, slang) Synonym of bro (“a male comrade or friend”)
- 2022 November 11, Drake, 21 Savage (lyrics and music), “Circo Loco”, in Her Loss[1]:
- Every night, late night like I'm Jimmy Fallon / Cro shoot from anywhere like he Ray Allen
Related terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of chronic (“marijuana”).[1]
Noun
cro (uncountable)
- (MLE, slang) Marijuana.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
References
- ^ “cro n.3”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
Anagrams
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish cnó, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)).
Noun
cro m (genitive singular cro, plural croiyn)
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
Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cro | chro | gro |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse krókr (“hook”).
Noun
cro m (plural crocs)
Synonyms
- (fishhook): ain
Derived terms
- cro d'la tchulasse (“hook for rear harness”)
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- Manx lemmas
- Manx nouns
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- gv:Nuts
- Norman terms borrowed from Old Norse
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- Norman lemmas
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