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[krook] Pronunciation Key
[krook] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook. |
| 2. | the hooked part of anything. |
| 3. | an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a shepherd's staff hooked at one end or the crosier of a bishop or abbot. |
| 4. | a dishonest person, esp. a sharper, swindler, or thief. |
| 5. | a bend, turn, or curve: a crook in the road. |
| 6. | the act of crooking or bending. |
| 7. | a pothook. |
| 8. | Also called shank. a device on some musical wind instruments for changing the pitch, consisting of a piece of tubing inserted into the main tube. |
| 9. | to bend; curve; make a crook in. |
| 10. | Slang. to steal, cheat, or swindle: She crooked a ring from that shop. |
| 11. | to bend; curve. |
[Origin: 1125–75; ME crok(e) < ON krāka hook]
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[krook] Pronunciation Key
[krook] Pronunciation Key –adjective Australian.
| 1. | sick or feeble. |
| 2. | ill-humored; angry. |
| 3. | out of order; functioning improperly. |
| 4. | unsatisfactory; disappointing. |
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| crook 1
(krŏŏk) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. crooked, crook·ing, crooks v. tr. To make a crook in; bend. v. intr. To bend or curve. See Synonyms at bend1. [Middle English crok, from Old Norse krōkr.] |
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| crook 2
(krŏŏk) Pronunciation Key
adj. Australian
[From crooked or crook1.] |
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| Crook
(krŏŏk) Pronunciation Key
American general who defeated the Sioux (1876) and subdued the Chiricahua Apaches under Geronimo (1883). |
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crook
c.1225, "hook-shaped instrument or weapon," from O.N. krokr "hook, corner," of obscure origin. Meaning of "swindler" is Amer.Eng., 1879, but crook "dishonest trick" was in M.E.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| crook | |
noun | |
| 1. | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime [syn: criminal] |
| 2. | a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend] |
| 3. | a long staff with one end being hook shaped |
verb | |
| 1. | bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply" |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
crook
In addition to the idioms beginning with crook, also see by hook or crook.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Crook County, OR (county, FIPS 13) Location: 44.13169 N, 120.35894 W
Population (1990): 14111 (6066 housing units)
Area: 7717.0 sq km (land), 20.8 sq km (water)
Crook County, WY (county, FIPS 11) Location: 44.59008 N, 104.56408 W
Population (1990): 5294 (2605 housing units)
Area: 7404.0 sq km (land), 30.9 sq km (water)
Crook, CO (town, FIPS 18640) Location: 40.85833 N, 102.80108 W
Population (1990): 148 (71 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80726
Camp Crook, SD (town, FIPS 9260) Location: 45.54973 N, 103.97482 W
Population (1990): 146 (55 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Crook
Crook\ (kr[oo^]k), n. [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr[onac]kr hook, bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crocan 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 staff. 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.) 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.
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Crook
Crook\ (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooked (kr??kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crooking.] [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr?ka, Dan. kr?ge. 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.
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Crook
Crook\, v. i. 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.
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