crook

Speech parts

1. crook - Noun

2. crook - Adjective

3. crook - Verb

4. Crook - Proper noun

Meaning

A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

Any implement having a bent or crooked end.

The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.

A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

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

A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.

To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

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

To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bend turn malefactor criminal curve twist outlaw felon arch crane raider corsair buccaneer manus fang
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Antonyms

beau boomer pigeon sherlock swain gopher
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Hypernyms

bend flex staff principal curve curved shape

Hyponyms

moll hood bight goon pusher desperado

Phrases with the word

by hook or by crook ceremonial crook go crook capture a crook crook of the elbow reckan-crook

Derivatives

crooked crooking

Anagrams

ockro

Examples

There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says "yes" you know he is a crook. Groucho Marx

Very well then, better a sane crook than a mad puritan. F. Scott Fitzgerald

By hook or by crook this peril too shall be something that we remember. Homer

God marks the crook. Russian Proverb

By hook or by crook. English Proverb

By hook or by crook. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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