crook

noun · verb · adjectiveA2

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noun

Plural noun:

crooks

1.
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
She held the baby in the crook of her arm.
2.
A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
3.
A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
the crook of a cane
4.
(obsolete)A lock or curl of hair.
5.
(obsolete)A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
6.
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
Even though I walk through a / valley dark as death / I fear no evil, for thou art with me, / thy staff and thy crook are my / comfort.
7.
A bishop's standard staff of office.
8.
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
9.
A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
1973 November 17, Richard Nixon, reported 1973 November 18, The Washington Post, Nixon Tells Editors, ‘I'm Not a Crook’, "People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I′m not a crook. I′ve earned everything I′ve got."
10.
A pothook.
11.
(music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

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verb

V_es/s

crooks

V_ing/Gerund

crooking

V_ed/pp

crooked

1.
(transitive)To bend, or form into a hook.
He crooked his finger toward me.
2.
(intransitive)To become bent or hooked.
3.
To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

crooker

Superlative

crookest

1.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang)Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
That work you did on my car is crook, mate.
Not turning up for training was pretty crook.
2.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang)Ill, sick.
I′m feeling a bit crook.
3.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang)Annoyed, angry; upset.
be crook at/about; go crook at

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English croke, crok, from Old English *crōc (hook, bend, crook), from *krōk, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (bend, hook), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (tracery, basket, bend).