See crook in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"text": "She held the baby in the crook of her arm.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1842, William Edward Hoskins, De Valencourt:",
"text": "he walks bye lanes, and crooks",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure."
],
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[
"bend",
"bend"
],
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"curve",
"curve"
],
[
"curvature",
"curvature"
],
[
"flexure",
"flexure"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A bending of the knee; a genuflection."
],
"links": [
[
"genuflection",
"genuflection"
]
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "the crook of a cane",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:",
"text": "It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything)."
],
"links": [
[
"bent",
"bent"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A lock or curl of hair."
],
"links": [
[
"lock",
"lock"
],
[
"curl",
"curl"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A lock or curl of hair."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1970, The New English Bible with the Apocrypha, Oxford Study Edition, published 1976, Oxford University Press, Psalms 23-4, p.583",
"text": "Even though I walk through a / valley dark as death / I fear no evil, for thou art with me, / thy staff and thy crook are my / comfort."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a \"hook\") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds."
],
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[
"staff",
"staff"
],
[
"shepherd",
"shepherd"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A bishop's standard staff of office."
],
"links": [
[
"bishop",
"bishop"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1547, Thomas Cranmer, Against Transubstantiation:",
"text": "for all your brags, hooks, and crooks",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An artifice; a trick; a contrivance."
],
"links": [
[
"artifice",
"artifice"
],
[
"trick",
"trick"
],
[
"contrivance",
"contrivance"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "1973 November 17, Richard Nixon, reported 1973 November 18, The Washington Post, Nixon Tells Editors, ‘I'm Not a Crook’,\n\"People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I′m not a crook. I′ve earned everything I′ve got.\""
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A pothook."
],
"links": [
[
"pothook",
"pothook"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Music"
],
"glosses": [
"A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key."
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɹʊk/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɹʉk/",
"tags": [
"Northern-Ireland",
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɹuːk/",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"audio": "EN-AU ck1 crook.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/EN-AU_ck1_crook.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_crook.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/EN-AU_ck1_crook.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "criminal",
"word": "criminal"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "fırıldaqçı"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "aferist"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "julik"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "aferist"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "julik"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "fırıldaqçı"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"english": "thief",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krádec",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кра́дец"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "騙子"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "piànzi",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "骗子"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podvodník"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "křivák"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podrazák"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oplichter"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oplichtster"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zwendelaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zwendelaarster"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "afzetter"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afzetster"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bedrieger"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bedriegster"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "fikomercisto"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "fripono"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "rikollinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "konna"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escroc"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "arnaqueur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gauner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ganove"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apateónas",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "απατεώνας"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "glæpamaður"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "þorpari"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "maling"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "bajingan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bithiúnach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "furfante"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ladro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "truffatore"
},
{
"alt": "さぎし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sagishi",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "詐欺師"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"english": "thief",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "krádec",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кра́дец"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skurk"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vebräakja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ladrão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ladra"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "thief",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vor",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вор"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plut",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "плут"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mošénnik",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "моше́нник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žúlik",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жу́лик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ло́пов"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "lópov"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lopov"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ladrón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ladrona"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ratero"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ratera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "truhán"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "truhana"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"word": "maleante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skurk"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "zhulik",
"sense": "a criminal who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "זשוליק"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gega",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гега"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"word": "pastýřská hůl"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "herdersstaf"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"word": "käyräsauva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "houlette"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caxato"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳavi",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"word": "კავი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳauč̣i",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"word": "კაუჭი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"word": "Krücke"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "crutch, cane",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"word": "Krückstock"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hirtenstab"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Krummstab"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gklítsa",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γκλίτσα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kalaûrops",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "καλαῦροψ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khaîos",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χαῖος"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hirðingjastafur"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "crúca"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bachall"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caimín"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "camóg"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pastorale"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vincastro"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "keuru",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"word": "크루"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pedum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "agolum"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kŕluk",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кр́лук"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "krívak",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кри́вак"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "géga",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ге́га"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cajado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pósox",
"sense": "specialized staff used by shepherds",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"ref": "1784, William Blake, Songs from, “An Island in the Moon”, in W. H. Stevenson, editor, Blake: The Complete Poems, 3rd edition, Routledge, published 2007, page 50:",
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"ref": "1917, Leo Tolstoy, translated by Constance Garnett, Anna Karenina, Part 4, Chapter 5:",
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"ref": "1544 (date written; published 1571), Roger Ascham, Toxophilus, the Schole, or Partitions, of Shooting. […], London: […] Thomas Marshe, →OCLC; republished in The English Works of Roger Ascham, […], London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley, […], and J[ohn] Newbery, […], 1761, →OCLC, book 1, page 88:",
"text": "For the foundation of youthe well ſet (as Plato doth ſaye) the whole bodye of the common wealthe ſhall flouriſhe thereafter. If the younge tree growe croked, when it is oulde, a man ſhall rather breake it than ſtreight it. And I thincke there is no one thinge that crokes youthe more then ſuch unlawful games.",
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"ref": "1597, Francis Bacon, “Of Wisdom For a Man's Self,”, in The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral:",
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"text": "be crook at/about; go crook at"
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"ref": "2006, Jimmy Butt, Felicity Dargan, I've Been Bloody Lucky: The Story of an Orphan Named Jimmy Butt, page 17:",
"text": "Ann explained to the teacher what had happened and the nuns went crook at me too.",
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"ref": "2007, Jo Wainer, Bess: Lost: Illegal Abortion Stories, page 159:",
"text": "I went home on the tram, then Mum went crook at me because I was late getting home—I had tickets for Mum and her friend to go to the Regent that night and she was annoyed because I was late.",
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"ref": "2007, Ruby Langford Ginibi, Don′t Take Your Love to Town, page 100:",
"text": "I went crook at them for not telling me and as soon as she was well enough I took her home to the camping area and she soon picked up.",
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"ref": "2009, Carolyn Landon, Cups With No Handles, page 234:",
"text": "Mum went crook at me for wasting money, but when Don got a job and spent all his money on a racing bike, she didn′t say a thing to him.",
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