# cro

Pronunciation: say "KROH" US /kɹoʊ/, UK /kɹəʊ/

## Noun

1. A male friend or comrade, used among young men as a casual term of address or reference. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A close male friend or buddy.
   - _He's been my cro since the two of us were kids on the same street._
   - _A couple of his cros showed up to help with the move._
2. Dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, used as a recreational drug. *(dialectal, Multicultural London English)*
   - Simple: A drug made from dried cannabis leaves that people smoke to get high.
   - _The whole room smelled strongly of cro by the end of the night._
   - _She rolled some cro before the show started._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — A blend of "Crip" (a member of the Crips gang) and "bro," though the word does not necessarily refer to an actual Crips member.
**Meaning 2** — A clipping of "chronic," a slang term for marijuana.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cro (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).