croc-off

noun

An unlicensed or knock-off shoe made in the style of a Croc.

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Meanings

nouncroc-off (plural croc-offs)

plural croc-offs · alternative Croc-off

  1. informalAn unlicensed or knock-off shoe made in the style of a Croc.

    And now a knockoff – a “Croc-off”? – of the polarizing footwear has a new clientele: prisoners in local jails.

    2019 August 7, Kathy Hieatt, “Croc-style shoes proving popular in local jails”, in The Virginian-Pilot
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    Unfortunately for Crocs, Inc., croc-offs can be purchased today at discount stores, beach stores, superstores, and similar shopping outlets.

    2015, Strategic Planning for the Administrator, page 471

    When they were released, Crocs were immensely popular. So popular in fact, that the funky clogs were subject to counterfeit “croc-offs.”

    2021 January 22, Janie Tompkins, “The Controversy of Crocs”, in The Phillipian

Origin

Blend of croc (“a plastic slip-on shoe”) + knock-off.

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APA

croc-off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croc-off

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“croc-off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croc-off. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “croc-off,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croc-off.

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