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How to pronounce “crook”
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Pronunciation guide for crook
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of crook with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Crooked
I wrote a novel, "Crooked."
- Definition summary
- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
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How to pronounce crook
Crooked
I wrote a novel, "Crooked."
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “crook”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
- (obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
- A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
- A bishop's standard staff of office.
- An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- A pothook.
- (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To bend, or form into a hook.
- (intransitive) To become bent or hooked.
- To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
- [Adjective]
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ill, sick.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.
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