Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: crooked
IPA transcription: [kɹ'ʊkəd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: crooked
    Meaning: having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
Usage examples
  • Another dry twist in place of a smile, made his face crooked here.
  • "But what else does this Crooked Magician want?" asked the Shaggy Man.
  • "I am neither square nor crooked," said Scraps, looking down at her plump body.
  • I'll have to trust you, but I shall have means of evening up if you play crooked."
  • The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new.
  • It was a curious crooked way, but at that moment it stretched clear and broad before him.
  • My professional pride was up in arms, and I couldn't bear to have a hand in a crooked deal.
  • But Jerry is a tree which will grow crooked. He seems to have been giving a lot of trouble."
  • He rolled upon his back and lay pathetically with crooked legs yearning upward, still smiling.
  • Philip examined his ugly visage and strong crooked fore-arm, as he was waiting admittance, having pounded upon the door.