crook
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: kɹʊk
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ʊk
[edit] Noun
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crook (plural crooks)
- A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- 1973 (November 17), President Richard Nixon
- People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.[1]
- 1973 (November 17), President Richard Nixon
- A shepard's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
- 1970 The New English Bible with the Apocrypha, Oxford Study Edition, pub 1976, Oxford University Press; Psalms 23-4, p583:
- Even though I walk through a / valley dark as death / I fear no evil, for thou art with me, / thy staff and thy crook are my / comfort.
- 1970 The New English Bible with the Apocrypha, Oxford Study Edition, pub 1976, Oxford University Press; Psalms 23-4, p583:
- A bend.
- She held the baby in the crook of her arm.
[edit] Synonyms
- (criminal) See Wikisaurus:criminal
[edit] Translations
a criminal who steals
a staff with a hook at one end, particularly one used by shepherds
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- Notes:
- ^ Nixon Tells Editors, 'I'm Not a Crook', November 18, 1973 (The Washington Post)
[edit] Verb
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to crook (third-person singular simple present crooks, present participle crooking, simple past and past participle crooked)
- (transitive) To bend.
- He crooked his finger toward me.
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[edit] Adjective
crook (comparative more crook, superlative most crook)
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- (Australian, New Zealand, slang) ill, sick.
- (Australian, New Zealand, slang) not right, not up to standard
- That work you did on my car is crook, mate
- Not turning up for training was pretty crook.
[edit] Quotations
- Other Australian Usage to be sorted out
- to go crook at someone, something; to get angry
- to be crook at/about someone, something; to be annoyed, upset
- crook as Rookwood. To be very sick (Rookwood is the main cemetry of Sydney)