Cranes

A British band, often described as gothic rock or shoegazers. Formed in the mid 1980s in Portsmouth, England, they are best known for the soft, high-pitched vocals of lead singer Alison Shaw, memorably likened by the NME to "a beautiful siren being slowly strangled on a spiral staircase of hammer-horror guitars". Cranes saw an increase in popularity in 1992 when they toured with The Cure. Cranes took their name from the innumerable mechanical cranes around Portsmouth docks.

The best Cranes album of all time is "Loved".

by thetruedarkness August 4, 2006

crateball

The most badass game ever. Involves 2 milk crates separated at a distance of about a youth soccer field, with a ball such as one used in kickball in the middle of the field. The crates have a hula hoop or some other circular object surrounding them. If anyone from either team is inside that hoop for more than one or two seconds, then they are served with a penalty. This rule basically just prevents people from sitting on the crate or otherwise being a douchebag. The object of the game is to get the ball in the other crate. The game starts with the two teams running towards the ball in the center from their crates, and gameplay continues from there. Gameplay never stops until the end of the game (normally when everyone decides to quit, but you can set a scoring limit). Since the field is divided in half, each team has half the field. If you have the ball, and you go into the other team's half, then if they tag you you have to freeze and throw the ball to someone else. If you are tagged on your side of the field, then nothing happens, and if you are tagged when you dont have the ball on the other side of the field, then nothing happens. Your team scores a point if you manage to get the ball inside the enemy team's crate. The ball can be dribbled, kicked, throw, ran with, etc. There are no rules as to how you can tag a person, either. Tackling is acceptable, as is a feminine slap on the back. There have been many good wrestling matches in the middle of a crateball game.

Generally, teams of about 4-10 work best.

"dude, crateball after class?"
"hell yeah, lemme get the stuff outta my trunk"

by Justin April 11, 2005

Craten

A container used for holding eggs, milk or other store bought food, usually a cardboard container

"That craten of milk is only half full"
"How many eggs in that Craten?"

by Ironicdruidic July 29, 2018

Crate&Barreled

1. To be Crate&Barreled means your out of the dating game You're settling down and complacent. A person that is Crate &Barreled is at least temporarily happy and willing to pick out plates with his or her partner.

Jake was such a player but since meeting Katy, he's totally Crate&Barreled, They'll probably move to Beaverton and have a couple of kids.

Since making VP of Engineering, Sam is totally Crate&Barreled. Now all she wants to do is lead her team, mentor the newbies, and teach at the UC.

by Torbert October 15, 2020

Coatesville baba

A coatesville hoe who is dresses like a slut and gives too to everyone in coatesville they also fuck anything living

Look there goes the coatesville baba

by Jar2stcikyicky September 8, 2021

patty cates

a man who fits these descriptions
1. it would be no surprise if he was a closet homosexual
2. prone to give long, repetitive speeches
3. has a large database of metaphors and proberbs
4. some how he manages to be a badass

so...
it is someone who seems so unlikely to be awesome, but because he is so lame, he is awesome

"Dude, that guy is such a patty cates!"

by hphphp November 25, 2009

apple crate

Apple crates are constructed from heavily knotted wood. These knots frequently fall out revealing a glory hole. A single crate can contain up to 20 glory holes for when the box is overturned on a person.

Sharon manned the apple crate for 2 hours.. At one point there was 15 holes filled.

by MattW1981 October 18, 2015