cro

See also: CRO and cró

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹoʊ/

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)

1. (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

• crodie

Etymology 2

Clipping of chronic (“marijuana”).

Noun

cro (uncountable)

2. (MLE, slang) Marijuana.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

   • 2017 March 26, SL (lyrics and music), “Gentleman”‎^[2]:

     Oh no, here we go, but I'm busy bagging my cro / Gotta go to my drum, but I got buds / So let me just have a quick smoke (quick smoke)

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cnó, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)).

Noun

cro m (genitive singular cro, plural croiyn)

1. nut

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)

1. (Jersey) hook
2. (Jersey) fishhook

Synonyms

• (fishhook): ain

Derived terms

• cro d'la tchulasse (“hook for rear harness”)