kreng
English
Noun
kreng (plural krengs)
- Alternative form of krang
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “kreng”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch krenge, from Old French carogne (“carrion”), cognate of crone.
Pronunciation
Noun
kreng n (plural krengen, diminutive krengetje n)
- (literally) A cadaver, carcass, corpse, especially when in a state of decay; in particular an animal corpse
- (figuratively) A bitch, shrew, hateful female
- (figuratively) A malicious and contemptible person
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