Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: crook
IPA transcription: [kɹ'ʊk]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
    Meaning: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
  • Synonyms: bend, crook, twist, turn
    Meaning: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crook, curve
    Meaning: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
Usage examples
  • In a mining camp there is no mercy for the crook.
  • A political office known as the Crook's Road to Wealth.
  • There was no telling what this amazing crook might do now.
  • However, by hook or crook, we managed to stick on the old track.
  • The long trunk of the elephant was curved to make a crook for the handle.
  • "Yes, so can I. Of course, if he'd call me a crook, I'd take that as a compliment," Rand said.
  • 'Little green toad with leg like crook, Open wide the door, and look Who it was the latch that shook.'
  • General Crook was sent in pursuit of him, and afterwards General Miles took up the chase. Finally in August, 1886, the chief and his followers were rounded up.