What does crook mean?
Definitions for crook
krʊkcrook
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word crook.
Princeton's WordNet
criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactornoun
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
bend, crook, twist, turnnoun
a circular segment of a curve
"a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
crook, shepherd's crookverb
a long staff with one end being hook shaped
crook, curveverb
bend or cause to bend
"He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
Webster Dictionary
Crooknoun
a bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Crooknoun
any implement having a bent or crooked end
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Crooknoun
the staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Crooknoun
a bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Crooknoun
a pothook
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Crooknoun
an artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Crooknoun
a small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Crooknoun
a person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Crooknoun
to turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Crooknoun
to turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Crookverb
to bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature
Etymology: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. krka, Dan. krge. See Crook, n.]
Freebase
Crook
Crook is a market town in County Durham, in the North East of England. It is situated about 10 miles south-west of Durham. Crook lies a couple of miles north of the River Wear, on the A690 from Durham. This turns into the A689 leading up into the scenic upper reaches of Weardale, through Wolsingham and Stanhope.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Crook
krōōk, n. a bend, anything bent: a curved tube used to lower the pitch of a cornet, &c.: the bending of the body in reverence: a staff bent at the end, as a shepherd's or bishop's: an artifice or trick: (Spens.) gibbet.—v.t. to bend or form into a hook: to turn from the straight line or from what is right.—v.i. to bend or be bent.—n. Crook′back (Shak.), a hunchback.—adj. Crook′backed; Crook′ed, bent like a crook: not straight: deviating from rectitude, perverse.—adv. Crook′edly.—n. Crook′edness.—adjs. Crook′-kneed; Crook′-shoul′dered.—A crook in the lot, any trial in one's experience. [Prob. Scand.; cf. Ice. krókr, Dan. krog.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
CROOK
One who exceeds the speed limit in Law & Order Ave. A Misfit in the Straight and Narrow Way.
Entomology
Crook
the hook or recurved tip of the antenna in Hesperidae.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of crook in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of crook in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of crook in a Sentence
SBICap securities have frozen their trading portal again today to not allow its customers to buy or sale their shares. Its team is crook and they daily do such things
It is likely that in the aftermath of next week's election, Thailand's military establishment will, by hook or by crook, win a coalition majority, but only with the help of junta-appointed senators, the use of crony senators to win would also make Prayut's electoral victory illegitimate in the eyes of most Thai people.
I notice a lot of people holding on the rails using their arms that are covered instead of their hands — like in the crook of the arm.
Many so-called celebrity who used to advising people to wear masks were themselves seen often partying and rallying without masks, yet masses could not realise that they are being fooled and how atrocity is being done by crook authority through mandate vaccination on ordinary population. Such is the high level of stupidity in our society
If things are crook at Muswellbrook and there’s no work at Bourke what do you do? If things are crook at Tallarook and there’s no work at Bourke what do you do! ?
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- المحتالArabic
- извивка, гега, извивам, крадецBulgarian
- Hirtenstab, krümmen, Ganove, Krücke, Krummstab, GaunerGerman
- γκλίτσαGreek
- torcer, torcedura, doblez, ratero, ladrona, ladrón, curvidad, ratera, curva, truhán, enchuecar, truhana, cayado, curvar, doblarSpanish
- käyräsauva, konna, koukistaa, taive, rikollinenFinnish
- courber, arnaqueur, courbe, escroc, houletteFrench
- crúcaIrish
- maling, bajinganIndonesian
- þorpari, glæpamaður, hirðingjastafurIcelandic
- pastorale, furfante, ladro, truffatore, vincastroItalian
- კაუჭი, კავიGeorgian
- ವಂಚಕKannada
- skurkNorwegian
- afzetster, bedrieger, zwendelaarster, bedriegster, oplichtster, oplichter, afzetter, zwendelaarDutch
- ladra, ladrãoPortuguese
- вор, изгиб, сгибать, плутRussian
- lopovSerbo-Croatian
- lopovSlovene
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