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Word entry · 5 letters

crook

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"Dishonest person"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kɹʊk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ckoorStarts with CEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2R3O4O5K

Definitions

  1. bend or cause to bend

Word origin

From Middle English croke, crok, from Old English *crōc (“hook, bend, crook”), from Proto-West Germanic *krōk, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“bend, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (“tracery, basket, bend”).

Used in a sentence

  • She held the baby in the crook of her arm.
  • he walks bye lanes, and crooks
  • the crook of a cane

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