crook
verb/krʊk/
/krʊk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they crook | /krʊk/ /krʊk/ |
| he / she / it crooks | /krʊks/ /krʊks/ |
| past simple crooked | /krʊkt/ /krʊkt/ |
| past participle crooked | /krʊkt/ /krʊkt/ |
| -ing form crooking | /ˈkrʊkɪŋ/ /ˈkrʊkɪŋ/ |
- crook something to bend your finger or arm
- She winked and crooked a finger at him.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘hooked tool or weapon’): from Old Norse krókr ‘hook’. A noun sense ‘deceit, guile, trickery’ (compare with crooked) was recorded in Middle English but was obsolete by the 17th cent. The Australian senses are abbreviations of crooked.Want to learn more?
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