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Definitions for Crooked

[1] not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path.
[2] askew; awry: The picture on the wall seems to be crooked.
[3] deformed: a man with a crooked back.
[4] not straightforward; dishonest.
[5] bent and often raised or moved to one side, as a finger or neck.
[6] (of a coin) polygonal: a crooked sixpence.
[7] a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
[8] the hooked part of anything.
[9] an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a shepherd's staff hooked at one end or the crosier of a bishop or abbot.
[10] a dishonest person, especially a sharper, swindler, or thief.
[11] a bend, turn, or curve: a crook in the road.
[12] the act of crooking or bending.
[13] a pothook.
[14] Also called shank. a device on some musical wind instruments for changing the pitch, consisting of a piece of tubing inserted into the main tube.
[15] to bend; curve; make a crook in.
[16] Slang . to steal, cheat, or swindle: She crooked a ring from that shop.
[17] to bend; curve.
[18] bent, angled or winding
[19] set at an angle; not straight
[20] deformed or contorted
[21] informal dishonest or illegal
[22] crooked on (also krʊkt ) Australian informal hostile or averse to
[23] a curved or hooked thing
[24] a staff with a hooked end, such as a bishop's crosier or shepherd's staff
[25] a turn or curve; bend
[26] informal a dishonest person, esp a swindler or thief
[27] the act or an instance of crooking or bending
[28] Also called: shank a piece of tubing added to a brass instrument in order to obtain a lower harmonic series
[29] to bend or curve or cause to bend or curve
[30] Australian and NZ informal ill of poor quality unpleasant; bad
[31] go crook or go off crook Australian and NZ informal to lose one's temper
[32] go crook at or go crook on Australian and NZ informal to rebuke or upbraid

Words related to Crooked

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Origin of Crooked

11125–75; Middle English crok(e ) < Old Norse krāka hook

Other words from Crooked

crook·ed·ly , adverb
crook·ed·ness , noun
un·crook·ed , adjective
un·crook·ed·ly , adverb

Word origin for Crooked

C12: from Old Norse krokr hook; related to Swedish krok, Danish krog hook, Old High German krācho hooked tool

Synonyms for Crooked

curved, curving, devious, errant, gnarled, meandering, serpentine, sinuous, twisted, twisting, winding, bowed, contorted, crippled, deformed, deviating, disfigured, distorted, hooked, rambling, skewed, slanted, spiral, tilted, warped, zigzag, agee, anfractuous, angular, asymmetric, awry, catawampus, circuitous, cockeyed, incurving, indirect, irregular, kinky, knurly, lopsided, misshapen, not straight, oblique, out of shape, roundabout, screwy, snaky, topsy-turvy, tortile, tortuous, uneven