[1243] crooked

[보카길라잡이]

crooked

adj 1: having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" [ant: straight]

2: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive [syn: corrupt] [ant: straight]

3: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with an crooked hemline" [syn: asymmetrical]

4: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping]

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crook¹

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.

v. intr.

To bend or curve. See Synonyms at bend¹.

Synonyms: bend, ¹crook, ¹curve, round
¹ These verbs mean to swerve or cause to swerve from a straight line: bent his knees and knelt; crooked an arm around the package; claws that curve under; rounding the lips to articulate an “o”
Antonyms: straighten

hook or by crook

By whatever means possible, fair or unfair.

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<유사어휘>

hook

n 1: a catch for locking a door

2: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn: crotchet]

3: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come-on, lure, sweetener]

4: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something [syn: claw]

5: a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

6: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he tooks lessons to cure his hooking" [syn: draw, hooking]

7: a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent 8: a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket [syn: hook shot]

v 1: fasten with a hook [ant: unhook]

2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob] [ant: undercharge]

3: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day" [syn: crochet]

4: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

5: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom]

6: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]

7: hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly"

8: catch with a hook; "hook a fish"

9: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) [syn: addict]

10: secure with the foot; "hook the ball"

11: entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers" [syn: snare]

12: approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" [syn: solicit, accost]

[보카길라잡이]

노틀담의 꼽추는 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 입니다. crookback 도 곱추라는 뜻의 단어입니다.

[보카길라잡이]

자 이제 다음 단어의 공통점을 맞혀 보세요. crook, hook........... "~ oo~"는 ㅜ 로 발음합니다. 입이 동그랗게 구부려지죠.. 위 두 단어는 모두 구부림과 관련된 단어입니다. crook (구부러진 갈고리; 갈고리로 낚아채다)/ hook (갈고리,낚시바늘; 매춘하다) 피터팬에 나오는 후크선장의 손이 갈고리로 되어 있죠..

[마스터현태]

crooked 1.(구어)마음이 비뚤어진, 부정직한 2. 굽은 만곡한 뒤틀린. 3,기형인 4. 불구의

[정사랑]

마음이 비뚤어진, 부정직한

[시가스팔공]

마음이 비뚤어진