Crooked vs. Crook

Crooked vs. Crook — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Crooked and Crook

Crookedverb

simple past tense and past participle of crook

Crooknoun

A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

She held the baby in the crook of her arm.

Crookedadjective

Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.

Crooknoun

A bending of the knee; a genuflection.

Crookedadjective

Set at an angle; not vertical or square.

That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?

Crooknoun

A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).

the crook of a cane
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Crookedadjective

(figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.

He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.

Crooknoun

(obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.

Crookedadjective

having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned;

crooked country roadscrooked teeth

Crooknoun

(obsolete) A gibbet.

Crookedadjective

not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

Crooknoun

(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.

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Crookedadjective

irregular in shape or outline;

asymmetrical featuresa dress with an crooked hemline

Crooknoun

A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.

Crookedadjective

having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect;

a little oldish misshapen stooping woman

Crooknoun

A bishop's staff of office.

Crooknoun

An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.

Crooknoun

A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.

Crooknoun

A pothook.

Crooknoun

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

Crookverb

(transitive) To bend, or form into a hook.

He crooked his finger toward me.

Crookverb

(intransitive) To become bent or hooked.

Crookverb

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

Crookadjective

Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.

That work you did on my car is crook, mateNot turning up for training was pretty crook.Things are crook at Tallarook.

Crookadjective

Ill, sick.

I′m feeling a bit crook.

Crookadjective

Annoyed, angry; upset.

be crook at/about; go crook at

Crooknoun

someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime

Crooknoun

a circular segment of a curve;

a bend in the roada crook in the path

Crooknoun

a long staff with one end being hook shaped

Crookverb

bend or cause to bend;

He crooked his index fingerthe road curved sharply