croquer

Meaning

  1. to crunch
  2. (colloquial) to waste, squander (money etc.)
  3. 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

C2
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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