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crook > 4 senses
NOUN1crook, criminal, felon, outlaw, malefactorSomeone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
2crook, bend, twist, turnA circular segment of a curve
3crook, shepherd's crookA long staff with one end being hook shaped
VERB1crook, curveBend or cause to bend
crook > pronunciation
Soundskruh'k
Rhymesbook / Book, brook, Brooke, and 40 more rhymes in uhk...
crook > noun 1, person
MeaningSomeone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime.
Synonymscriminal, felon, outlaw, malefactor
Broaderwrongdoer, offender
Narroweraccessory, accessary; arsonist, incendiary, firebug; blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist; bootlegger, moonshiner; briber, suborner; conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator; desperado, desperate criminal; fugitive, fugitive from justice; gangster, mobster; highbinder; highjacker, hijacker; hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer; kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher; mafioso; moll, gun moll, gangster's moll; murderer, liquidator, manslayer; probationer, parolee; pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker; racketeer; raper, rapist; recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal; scofflaw; smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser; thief, stealer; traitor, treasonist; violator, lawbreaker, law offender
InstancesBonney, William H. Bonney, Billie the Kid; James, Jesse James; MacGregor, Robert MacGregor, Rob Roy
crook > noun 2, shape
MeaningA circular segment of a curve.
Examples"a crook in the path"
Synonymsbend, twist, turn
Broadercurve, curved shape
Narrowerbight
Verbscrook
crook > noun 3, artifact
MeaningA long staff with one end being hook shaped.
Synonymsshepherd's crook
Broaderstaff
crook > verb, motion
MeaningBend or cause to bend.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples"He crooked his index finger"
Synonymscurve
Broaderbend, flex
Narrowerrecurve
Nounscrook

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