What is the meaning of CROOK. Phrases containing CROOK
See meanings and uses of CROOK!Slangs & AI meanings
One way or other, by any expedient. "It can't be done by hook or crook.â€
not good ‘This thing is crook’
A persons home.
Dislike, despise or scorn. e.g. "I feel crooked on myself for the way I've treated you, forgive me"
Uneven, bent, lopsided. e.g. "You think you put the fence up straight, but crikey I reckon it looks as crooked as a dog's hind leg"
A phrase applied to anything very crooked; and figuratively to persons of a stubborn temperament.
Go crook at is Australian and New Zealand slang for to rebuke or upbraid.
  To betray, swindle or cheat.
can mean criminal ( he is a crook) or indicate someone not feeling well ( I’m a bit crook, mate).
a cranky person (he was very crooked this morning)
Sick, ill or unwell. e.g. "Thanks anyway, but I'll take a raincheck okay, I'm feeling crook today, but I'll be seeing you" 2. To voice your indignation, dissatisfaction or disapproval. e.g. "I could really go crook at the bank for messing up my account!" 3. A state of being aggravated, angry or irritated. e.g."They stole Pops golf clubs and he is real crook about it, so I don't think now is the right time to talk to him" 4. To insult, abuse or offend. e.g. "Robin sure went crook on me for cracking her best chinaware" 5. Valueless, useless or phony. e.g. "It's a crook watch you sold me, the Jeweller said it's not worth two Bob!"
A persons home.
become angry ‘I’m going to go crook on you:’
a police officer that acts illegally or unethically
Crook is Australian and New Zealand slang for feeling ill; unpleasant; bad; of poor quality.
feel unwell ‘I’m feeling really crook today.’ ¬
awry, as shoe heel
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n. pl.
A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.
n.
Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
imp. & p. p.
of Crook
n.
A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.
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n.
A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
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The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
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Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
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False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
v. t.
To make crooked.
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Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.
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The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.
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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
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Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted.
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To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
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One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon.
v. t.
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
adv.
In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
n.
An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
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