crook
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/kɹʊk/
English
Definitions
noun
- 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”
- A lock or curl of hair.
verb
- To bend, or form into a hook.“He crooked his finger toward me.”
- To become bent or hooked.
- To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
adjective
- Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.“Not turning up for training was pretty crook.”
- Ill, sick.“I′m feeling a bit crook.”
- Annoyed, angry; upset.“be crook at/about; go crook at”