crocking

Definition of crockingnext
present participle of crock, dialect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crocking
Verb
  • Now Rob is messing with another one of Candiace’s friends, and Candiace is ready to blow up the whole turret over it.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Genetic engineering took his fancy, but Hassan’s father didn’t like the idea of messing with God’s creation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Ken Holland, general manager, B Holland arrived on the scene of a muddling franchise that had lost four straight first-round series to the same opponent.
    Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The new estimate was based on accounting for some of those muddling data points.
    Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Sullivan tried this against Toronto, jumbling the top-six group in the second period.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Trump also was jumbling the timeline of jobs revisions last year, per Politifact.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Crocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crocking. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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