crook

CEFRC1

/kɹʊk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A dishonest person or criminal.

  2. 02

    verb

    To bend something into a curved shape.

Examples

  • One crook plus one crook is equal to zero crooks.

  • Sorry I didn't catch up after, but James was right crook so we left early.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /kɹuːk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.

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

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

More examples

In context

  • She held the baby in the crook of her arm.

  • The weather is crook.

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English croke, crok, from Old English *crōc (“hook, bend, crook”), from Proto-West Germanic *krōk, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“bend, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (“tracery, basket, bend”). Cognate with Dutch kreuk (“a bend, fold, wrinkle”), Middle Low German kroke, krake (“fold, wrinkle”), Danish krog (“crook, hook”), Swedish krok (“crook, hook”), Icelandic krókur (“hook”). Compare typologically Czech křivák (< křivý < Proto-Slavic *krivъ, whence also *krivьda).