Associations to the word «Crook»
Noun
- Spinner
- Rao
- Guitarist
- Fort
- Flowers
- Wr
- Small
- Nebraska
- Underworld
- Mummy
- Flank
- Hop
- Packer
- Dispatch
- Gent
- Cane
- Hills
- Sheath
- Despatch
- Harrow
- Ute
- Helm
- Liar
- Moe
- Creek
- Villain
- Cumberland
- Crow
- Indian
- Marches
- Curl
- Mouth
- Valve
- Fiend
- Wright
- Consulate
- Reno
- Corner
- Willy
- Lexington
- Carmen
- Leg
- Queen
- Dwight
- Whip
- Catch
- Hinge
- Loaf
- Gangster
- Amelia
- Assemblage
- Feller
- Rifle
- Moreno
- Murderer
- Papa
- Knee
- Glass
- Needle
- Locus
- Bowman
- Mule
- Paul
- Jail
- Reginald
- Carr
- Depot
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
CROOK, noun. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
CROOK, noun. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
CROOK, noun. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
CROOK, noun. (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
CROOK, noun. (obsolete) A gibbet.
CROOK, noun. (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.
CROOK, noun. A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
CROOK, noun. A bishop's staff of office.
CROOK, noun. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
CROOK, noun. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
CROOK, noun. A pothook.
CROOK, noun. (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
CROOK, verb. (transitive) To bend.
CROOK, verb. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
CROOK, adjective. (Australia) (New Zealand) (slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
CROOK, adjective. (Australia) (New Zealand) (slang) Ill, sick.
CROOK, adjective. (Australia) (New Zealand) (slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.
CROOK AND NANNY, noun. (often preceded by "every") A very small place; mistaken form of nook and cranny
CROOK AND NANNY, noun. (rare) (often preceded by "every") Average person or people.
Dictionary definition
CROOK, noun. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.
CROOK, noun. A circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path".
CROOK, noun. A long staff with one end being hook shaped.
CROOK, verb. Bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.