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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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