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kraken

Pronunciation: /ˈkraːkə(n)/

“kraken” is a Dutch word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to crack, break open (a shell)
  2. to make a creaky sound, like something being cracked
  3. to break up into (chemical) components
  4. to break someone mentally
  5. to solve a code
  6. to practise chiropractic (on a patient)
  7. to squat (a building)
  8. to start (said of the day)
  9. with voor (“for”); to support a certain sports team or sportsperson

Etymology

From Middle Dutch crāken, from Old Dutch *krakon, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn. The sense "to support a sports team or sportsperson" is a semantic loan from Sranan Tongo kraka (“to support (with a wedge)”).

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