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Definition: (transitive) to crunch; to bite into; to sketch

Elle croque des biscuits - She's crunching (munching) cookies

Peux-tu croquer cette maison pour moi ? - Could you sketch this house for me?

(intransitive) to be crunchy

Expression: croquer le marmot (informal) - to wait around, être (joli) à croquer - to be pretty as a picture, il en croque (slang) - he's a nark, he gets bribed

Related: croquant (adj) - crisp, crunchy

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