as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
that whole thing about how surprised she was to win the award was a crock
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Recent Examples of crock
Sarah Kuta, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2024
Butter can be stored in a crock, so it's always softened and ready to go for biscuits.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2024
Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024
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Noun
Or, invest in a fermentation crock and turn it into sauerkraut.
—Sarah Kuta, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2024
Butter can be stored in a crock, so it's always softened and ready to go for biscuits.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2024
Verb
Store indigo garments together or wrap them in tissue to avoid crocking.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crock
Noun
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Not to be the bearers of bad news, but your garbage disposal isn’t as good at disposing of garbage as the name implies.Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
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There are two piles of garbage close to the Stage Star Deli at 105 West 55th Street, where the CCTV camera was recording.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Georgia Tech coach Brent Key quietly has turned a Yellow Jackets mess back into a solid program.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
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Best Walmart Black Friday Cordless Vacuum Deals Cordless vacuums can make cleaning up small, everyday messes a simple task.Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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The art world, like the artwork itself, exists in a delicate balance of elitism and absurdity, meaning and nonsense.Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The basic idea here is that Vince Vaughn is doing his mid-aughts-dirtbag Vince Vaughn thing but on Christmas — a premise that’s laid on a foundation of plausible-sounding nonsense.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like.Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
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Try sprinkling ground flaxseed or chia seeds on granola and yogurt, and snack on small quantities of nuts during the day.Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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The best choices for you and the planet Another important omega-3, alpha-linolenic acid or ALA, is found in nuts and seeds such as walnuts, flaxseeds and chia seeds — with ground flaxseeds and flaxseed oil providing the highest amounts, according to Harvard Medical School’s website.Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Top off your basket with a throw, and no one will ever know that all of your takeout menus are jumbled in there.Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 25 Nov. 2024
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They were stacked in teetering towers, jumbled in messy piles.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Go Disposable Gone are the days when disposable cups, plates, and utensils were synonymous with landfill rubbish.Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2024
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Johnson: There’s so much rubbish talked about this.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Now that appears more muddled: The economic momentum remains, but inflation looks stuck at levels far below the peak — yet still too high for policymakers' comfort.Courtenay Brown, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
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In essence, here is a fascinating bit of history about the Pacific War that’s muddled by Li’s desire to make the very construction of his documentary the framework of said history.Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Crock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crock. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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