kraak
Pronunciation: /kraːk/
“kraak” is a Dutch word. Its 7 meanings in English:
noun
- an instance or action of cracking, breaking; in particular the activity of squatting premises
- a robbery by breaking and entering; break-in; burglary
- a carrack, a nau; a large, 16th/17th century, Iberian type of war - or commercial naval ship
- a smaller Dutch type of wooden cargo ship, used for inland shipping from the late seventeenth to early nineteenth century
- giant octopus, Kraken
- sea monster
- a gallery in a barn or church
Etymology
Deverbal from kraken (“to crack; to squat; to break and enter”). Cognate with English crack.
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