English

Pronunciation
IPA|kɹ�k
audio|en-us-crook.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|�k

Noun
en-noun

1. A criminal who steals.
2. A staff with a hook at one end, particularly one used by shepherds.
3. A bend.

#:She held the baby in the crook of her arm.

Translations
trans-top|a criminal who steals
Finnish: rikollinen, konna
German: Gauner m, Ganove m
trans-mid
Slovene: lopov m
trans-bottom

trans-top|a staff with a hook at one end, particularly one used by shepherds
Finnish: käyräsauva
trans-mid
German: Hirtenstab m, Krummstab m
trans-bottom

trans-top|a bend
Finnish: taive
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To bend.

#: He crooked his finger toward me.

Translations
trans-top|to bend
Finnish: koukistaa
German: krümmen
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Adjective
en-adj

1. context|AU|slang ill|Ill, sick.
2. context|AU|slang not right, not up to standard

:* That work you did on my car is crook mate
:* Not turning up for training was pretty crook.

bg:crook
et:crook
fr:crook
io:crook
it:crook
hu:crook
ru:crook
fi:crook
te:crook
vi:crook
zh:crook

• 2007-12-17 04:44 - DCDuring - /* Other Australian Usage to be sorted out */ => quotations

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