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croc

[ krok ]

noun

, Informal.


croc

/ krɒk /

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Word History and Origins

Origin of croc1

First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening

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Example Sentences

Crocs are known foremost for all-day comfort, a trait quickly undermined by adding a high heel.

From Quartz

To borrow a title from a 1980s hit not written by Billy Joel, I guess that makes each croc a man-eater.

The new tracks aren’t the first hint that some croc ancestors walked on two legs.

Du Croc remonstrated, “but the Lords answered they could not stop the mouths of ministers to speak against themselves.”

With his moustache en croc, and his shoebrush hair, I have rarely beheld a more sensual-looking desperado.

Father Claude, who was loading and firing a long arquebuse à croc, had risen above this difficulty by heaping a pile of stones.

Le Croc, the aged and venerable French embassador, made a great effort to effect an accommodation and prevent a battle.

As a witness, he cites du Croc, the French Ambassador, an aged and sagacious man.

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