noun. The cry of the wild goose. Also honk (which see).

Sick or feigned to be sick; in poor condition; in ‘bad trim,’ as a race-horse.

Unsound; cranky; shaky; unstable; ‘crooked’: as, crank financial institutions.

Obtained by theft or fraud; stolen: as, cronk goods.

verb. To honk like a goose

verb. cry like a goose

verb. utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

"At any moment, I was expecting an old cronk to appear from behind the hangars, trembling and hippety-hopping and leaving a trail of nuts and bolts behind it to the shriek of rusty gear wheels, smoking rockets and horn blasts with the music of La"

emit  let loose  let out  utter  

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