Толковый словарь английского языка - crook
Crook
crook
I. verb Date: 12th century transitive verb bend , intransitive verb curve , wind , II. noun Etymology: Middle English crok, from Old Norse krōkr hook Date: 13th century an implement having a bent or hooked form: as, pothook , b. a shepherd's staff, crosier 1, a part of something that is hook-shaped, curved, or bent , bend , curve , a person who engages in fraudulent or criminal practices, III. adjective Etymology: probably short for ~ed Date: 1898 not right:, unsatisfactory , dishonest , ~ed , irritable , angry , ill , unwell
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n., v., & adj. --n. 1 the hooked staff of a shepherd or bishop. 2 a a bend, curve, or hook. b anything hooked or curved. 3 colloq. a a rogue; a swindler. b a professional criminal. --v.tr. & intr. bend, curve. --adj. 1 crooked. 2 Austral. & NZ colloq. a unsatisfactory, out of order; (of a person) unwell, injured. b unpleasant. c dishonest, unscrupulous. d bad-tempered, irritable, angry. Phrases and idioms crook-back a hunchback. crook-backed hunchbacked. go crook (usu. foll. by at, on) Austral. & NZ colloq. lose one's temper; become angry. Derivatives crookery n. Etymology: ME f. ON kr{oacute}kr hook ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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