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C0758400 (kro͝ok)n.1. An implement or tool, such as a bishop's crosier or a shepherd's staff, with a bent or curved part.2. A part that is curved or bent like a hook.3. A curve or bend; a turn: a crook in the path.4. Informal One who makes a living by dishonest methods.v. crooked, crook·ing, crooks v.tr. To make a crook in; bend: crooked an arm around the package.v.intr. To bend or curve.

[Middle English crok, from Old Norse krōkr.]

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C0758400 (kro͝ok)adj. Australian 1. Out of order; faulty.2. Not well; ill.3. Of poor quality; inferior.4. Not honest; crooked.

[From crooked or crook.]

crook

(krʊk) n1. a curved or hooked thing2. a staff with a hooked end, such as a bishop's crosier or shepherd's staff3. a turn or curve; bend4. informal a dishonest person, esp a swindler or thief5. the act or an instance of crooking or bending6. (Instruments) Also called: shank a piece of tubing added to a brass instrument in order to obtain a lower harmonic seriesvbto bend or curve or cause to bend or curveadj7. informal a. illb. of poor qualityc. unpleasant; bad8. go crook go off crook informal Austral and NZ to lose one's temper9. go crook at go crook on informal Austral and NZ to rebuke or upbraid[C12: from Old Norse krokr hook; related to Swedish krok, Danish krog hook, Old High German krācho hooked tool]

crook¹

(krʊk)

n. 1. a bent or curved implement, appendage, etc.; hook. 2. the hooked part of anything. 3. an instrument or implement having a bent or curved part, as a bishop's crosier. 4. a dishonest person, esp. a swindler or thief. 5. a bend or curve. v.t. 6. to bend; curve: to crook one's finger. v.i. 7. to bend; curve. [1125–75; Middle English crok(e) < Old Norse krāka hook]

crook²

(krʊk)

adj. Australian. 1. sick; ill. 2. angry; ill-humored. 3. bad; out of order; unsatisfactory. [1875–80; perhaps alter. of earlier cronk < Yiddish or German krank sick]

crook

Past participle: crooked
Gerund: crooking

Imperative
crook
crook

Present
I crook
you crook
he/she/it crooks
we crook
you crook
they crook

Preterite
I crooked
you crooked
he/she/it crooked
we crooked
you crooked
they crooked

Present Continuous
I am crooking
you are crooking
he/she/it is crooking
we are crooking
you are crooking
they are crooking

Present Perfect
I have crooked
you have crooked
he/she/it has crooked
we have crooked
you have crooked
they have crooked

Past Continuous
I was crooking
you were crooking
he/she/it was crooking
we were crooking
you were crooking
they were crooking

Past Perfect
I had crooked
you had crooked
he/she/it had crooked
we had crooked
you had crooked
they had crooked

Future
I will crook
you will crook
he/she/it will crook
we will crook
you will crook
they will crook

Future Perfect
I will have crooked
you will have crooked
he/she/it will have crooked
we will have crooked
you will have crooked
they will have crooked

Future Continuous
I will be crooking
you will be crooking
he/she/it will be crooking
we will be crooking
you will be crooking
they will be crooking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been crooking
you have been crooking
he/she/it has been crooking
we have been crooking
you have been crooking
they have been crooking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been crooking
you will have been crooking
he/she/it will have been crooking
we will have been crooking
you will have been crooking
they will have been crooking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been crooking
you had been crooking
he/she/it had been crooking
we had been crooking
you had been crooking
they had been crooking

Conditional
I would crook
you would crook
he/she/it would crook
we would crook
you would crook
they would crook

Past Conditional
I would have crooked
you would have crooked
he/she/it would have crooked
we would have crooked
you would have crooked
they would have crooked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crook - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crimecriminal, felon, malefactor, outlawaccessary, accessory - someone who helps another person commit a crimearsonist, firebug, incendiary - a criminal who illegally sets fire to propertyblackmailer, extortioner, extortionist - a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about thembootlegger, moonshiner - someone who makes or sells illegal liquorbriber, suborner - someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful actcoconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter - a member of a conspiracydesperado, desperate criminal - a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)fugitive from justice, fugitive - someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justicegangster, mobster - a criminal who is a member of ganghighbinder - a corrupt politicianhighjacker, hijacker - someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destinationhood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, toughie, goon, tough - an aggressive and violent young criminalgaolbird, jail bird, jailbird - a criminal who has been jailed repeatedlyabductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher - someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)mafioso - a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United Statesgangster's moll, gun moll, moll - the girlfriend of a gangsterliquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)principal - (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvementparolee, probationer - someone released on probation or on paroledrug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher - an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugsracketeer - someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)raper, rapist - someone who forces another to have sexual intercoursehabitual criminal, recidivist, repeater - someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)scofflaw - one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonsescontrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, runner, smuggler - someone who imports or exports without paying dutiesstealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling ittraitor, treasonist - someone who betrays his country by committing treasonlaw offender, lawbreaker, violator - someone who violates the law
	2.	crook - a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"bend, turn, twistcurve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changesbight - a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
	3.	crook - a long staff with one end being hook shapedshepherd's crookstaff - a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
Verb	1.	crook - bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"curverecurve - curve or bend (something) back or downbend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

crook

noun1. (Informal) criminal, rogue, cheat, thief, shark, lag (slang), villain, robber, racketeer, fraudster, swindler, knave (archaic), grifter (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), chiseller (informal), skelm (S. African) The man is a crook and a liar.2. angle, bend, bow, curve, fork, intersection, crotch She hid her face in the crook of her arm.verb1. bend, hook, angle, bow, curve, curl, cock, flex He crooked his finger at her and said, `Come here.'adjective1. (Austral. & N.Z. informal) ill, sick, poorly (informal), funny (informal), weak, ailing, queer, frail, feeble, unhealthy, seedy (informal), sickly, unwell, laid up (informal), queasy, infirm, out of sorts (informal), dicky (Brit. informal), nauseous, off-colour, under the weather (informal), at death's door, indisposed, peaky, on the sick list (informal), green about the gills He admitted to feeling a bit crook.go (off) crook (Aust. & N.Z. informal) lose your temper, be furious, rage, go mad, lose it (informal), seethe, crack up (informal), see red (informal), lose the plot (informal), go ballistic (slang, chiefly U.S.), blow a fuse (slang, chiefly U.S.), fly off the handle (informal), be incandescent, go off the deep end (informal), throw a fit (informal), wig out (slang), go up the wall (slang), blow your top, lose your rag (slang), be beside yourself, flip your lid (slang) She went crook when I confessed.

crook

noun1. Something bent:bend, bow, curvature, curve, round, turn.2. Informal. A person who cheats:bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer.Informal: chiseler, flimflammer.Slang: diddler, gyp, gypper.verbTo swerve from a straight line:angle, arc, arch, bend, bow, curve, round, turn.

Translations

弯成钩形弯柄杖手肘内侧部位窃贼骗子

crook

(kruk) noun1. a (shepherd's or bishop's) stick, bent at the end. （牧羊人或主教用的）弯柄杖 2. a criminal. The two crooks stole the old woman's jewels.窃贼3. the inside of the bend (of one's arm at the elbow). She held the puppy in the crook of her arm.手肘内侧部位 verb to bend (especially one's finger) into the shape of a hook. She crooked her finger to beckon him. 弯成钩形（尤指弯起手指） ˈcrooked (-kid) adjective1. badly shaped. a crooked little man.畸形的2. not straight. That picture is crooked (= not horizontal).不正的3. dishonest. a crooked dealer.欺诈的ˈcrookedly (-kid-) adverb弯曲地ˈcrookedness (-kid-) noun弯曲

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by hook or (by) crook

In any way possible. A: "But we're not allowed to submit more than one entry per person." B: "Oh, forget that—we are winning this contest by hook or by crook!" We need to court that big investor by hook or by crook, so shameless flattery is a fine place to start!See also: by, crook, hook

be crook on (one)

To be irritated or displeased by one. Primarily heard in Australia. Well, of course I'm crook on them for not inviting me to the party! Wouldn't you be?See also: crook, on

go crook

1. To become angry or irritated. Primarily heard in Australia. Of course he went crook—you insulted him in front of the whole town!2. To get sick. Primarily heard in Australia. Oh, she went crook last night, so I'm here to take her place.See also: crook, go

crook (one's)/the elbow

To drink alcohol, perhaps excessively. Come crook your elbow at the bar with us tonight! If you're this hung-over, you must have really crooked the elbow at the party last night.See also: crook, elbow

by hook or (by) crook

by any means, legal or illegal. I'll get the job done by hook or by crook. I must have that house. I intend to get it by hook or crook.See also: by, crook, hook

by hook or crook

By any means possible, in one way or another. For example, The car broke down, but I'll get there by hook or crook. This term has a disputed origin. A widely held theory is that it comes from the custom of allowing commoners to take as much wood from royal forests as they could reach with a shepherd's crook and cut down with a billhook. [1300s] Also see the synonym by any means. See also: by, crook, hook

crook one's elbow

Also, bend one's elbow. Drink liquor, especially a great deal. For example, Bill is known to crook his elbow now and then, or Uncle Joe rather overdoes it with bending his elbow. Both slangy expressions allude to the motion of lifting a drink to one's lips, which involves bending the elbow. The first dates from about 1820, and the second from about 1900. See also: crook, elbow

by hook or by crook

If you say you will do something by hook or by crook, you mean that you will find a way to do it, even if it is difficult or involves dishonest methods. He would have to see her again by hook or by crook. He is determined to hang on to power by hook or by crook. Note: The hook in this expression is a billhook, which is a cutting tool with a hooked blade. A shepherd's crook is a long stick with a curve at the top. This expression may refer to a medieval law which allowed ordinary people to collect firewood from forests belonging to the King or a lord, so long as they took only dead wood which they could reach with crooks and billhooks. See also: by, crook, hook

be crook on

be annoyed by. Australian & New Zealand informalSee also: crook, on

go crook

1 lose your temper; become angry. 2 become ill. Australian & New Zealand informal Crook in late 19th-century Australian slang meant ‘bad’ or ‘unpleasant’. 1 1950 Coast to Coast 1949–50 What'd you do if you were expelled? Y'r old man'd go crook, I bet. See also: crook, go

by hook or by crook

by one means or another; by fair means or foul. The hook referred to here is probably a billhook or heavy curved pruning knife; one of the earliest recorded instances of this phrase is in Gower's Confessio Amantis ( 1390 ), which uses the rare word hepe (meaning ‘a pruning knife’) in place of hook . Various etymologies for the expression have been put forward, none of them entirely convincing. In 1822 William Cobbett wrote of people who lived near woodland being allowed, under the ancient forest law of England, to gather dead branches for fuel, which they may have brought down from the trees literally by hook or by crook . 1998 Adèle Geras Silent Snow, Secret Snow Till then, she would hang on. By hook or by crook. Come what may. See also: by, crook, hook

by ˌhook or by ˈcrook

(of something difficult) by any method, whether it is honest or not: Don’t worry — we’ll have the money ready by 4 o’clock, by hook or by crook.This may come from the practice in the past of allowing workers to use the tools of their trade (billhooks for farm workers, crooks for shepherds) to pull down loose wood from their employer’s trees to use as firewood.See also: by, crook, hook

by hook or by crook

By whatever means possible, fair or unfair.See also: by, crook, hook

by hook or by crook

By any possible means. There is some disagreement as to the origin of this expression, which used to mean specifically by fair means or foul—that is, legal or illegal (crooked). One writer suggests it may come from the medieval custom authorizing one to help oneself to as much firewood as could be reached by a shepherd’s crook and cut down with a billhook. Others believe it simply uses rhyming words for “direct” (reachable with a long hook) and “indirect” (roundabout). In any event, it dates back to the time of the English theologian John Wycliffe, who used it in his Controversial Tracts (ca. 1380).See also: by, crook, hook

by hook or by crook

By any means necessary to accomplish the purpose; one way or another. Several explanations for this phrase have come down over the years. One is that it refers to two Irish towns, Hook Head and Crook, through which Oliver Cromwell tried to capture the nearby city of Waterford. Another is a medieval custom of allowing villagers to collect for firewood any loose branches that they could pull down with a long-handled curved implement. A third explanation is the most plausible: shepherds rounded up their flocks by means of a crook, a long staff with a curved end. A shepherd would chase after a reluctant ram, ewe, or lamb and hook it with his staff by any means . . . by hook or by crook.See also: by, crook, hook

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noun criminal

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noun angle

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adj ill

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phrase go (off) crook

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noun something bent

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noun a person who cheats

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verb to swerve from a straight line

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noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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noun a circular segment of a curve

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noun a long staff with one end being hook shaped

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verb bend or cause to bend

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