Crooked vs. Crook
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 caneCrookedadjective
(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 teethCrooknoun
(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.
Crookedadjective
irregular in shape or outline;
asymmetrical featuresa dress with an crooked hemlineCrooknoun
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 womanCrooknoun
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 atCrooknoun
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 pathCrooknoun
a long staff with one end being hook shaped
Crookverb
bend or cause to bend;
He crooked his index fingerthe road curved sharply
