croquer
Meaning
- to crunch
- (colloquial) to waste, squander (money etc.)
- to sketch, outline
Concepts
crunch
chew
scrunch
sketch
eat
munch
masticate
plot
portray
bite
nibble
gnaw
chart
design
draft
draught
draw
mark
pencil
bespeak
betoken
characterise
characterize
denote
depict
describe
distinguish
paint
represent
ingurgitate
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʁɔ.ke/
Etymology
From Middle French croquer, crocquer, from Old French crokier (“to slap, hit, strike”), probably a variant of the same verb represented by Modern French craquer (“to break, crack, crunch”). More at craquer.
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