CROOK

crook, shepherd's crook

(noun) a long staff with one end being hook shaped

criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor

(noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

bend, crook, twist, turn

(noun) a circular segment of a curve; “a bend in the road”; “a crook in the path”

crook, curve

(verb) bend or cause to bend; “He crooked his index finger”; “the road curved sharply”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

crook (plural crooks)

A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

A bending of the knee; a genuflection.

A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).

(obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.

(obsolete) A gibbet.

(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.

A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.

A bishop's staff of office.

An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.

A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.

A pothook.

(music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc, to change its pitch or key.

Synonyms

• (criminal): See criminal

Verb

crook (third-person singular simple present crooks, present participle crooking, simple past and past participle crooked)

(transitive) To bend, or form into a hook.

(intransitive) To become bent or hooked.

To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Etymology 2

Adjective

crook (comparative crooker, )

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ill, sick.

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.

Proper noun

Crook

A town in County Durham, England.

A village in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England.

A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado, United States, named after George Crook

An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States, so named because of a local merchant's business practices (thus being derived from crook).

A surname.

Source: Wiktionary


Crook (krk), n. Etym: [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr hook,bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crecan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. Crosier, Crotchet, Crutch, Encroach.]

1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. Through lanes, and crooks, and darkness. Phaer.

2. Any implement having a bent or crooked end. Especially: (a) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. (b) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral stafu. He left his crook, he left his flocks. Prior.

3. A pothook. "As black as the crook." Sir W. Scott.

4. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. For all yuor brags, hooks, and crooks. Cranmer.

5. (Mus.)

Definition: A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

6. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. [Cant, U.S.] By hook or by crook, in some way or other; by fair means or foul.

Crook (krk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooked (krkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crooking.] Etym: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr, Dan. kr. See Crook, n.]

1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. Shak.

2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. [Archaic] There is no one thing that crooks youth more than such unlawfull games. Ascham. What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends. Bacon.

Crook, v. i.

Definition: To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. " The port . . . crooketh like a bow." Phaer. Their shoes and pattens are snouted, and piked more than a finger long, crooking upwards. Camden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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