crook meaning
EN
[kɹʊk] [-ʊk] 
US WCrook
- Crook is another name for criminal.
- Crook or Crooks may also refer to:
- NounPLcrooks
- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- She held the baby in the crook of her arm.
- A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- the crook of a cane
- (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.
- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- VerbSGcrooksPRcrookingPT, PPcrooked
- AdjectiveCOMmore crookSUPmost crook
- (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.
- Things are crook at Tallarook.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ill, sick.
- I′m feeling a bit crook.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.
- be crook at/about; go crook at
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of crook in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "crook" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.