crooking

Variant of crook

crook definition

crook (kro̵ok)

noun

  1. a hooked, bent, or curved thing or part; hook
    1. a shepherd's staff, with a hook at one end
    2. a bishop's staff resembling this; crosier
  3. a bending or being bent
  4. a bend or curve
  5. ☆ Informal a person who steals or cheats; swindler or thief

Etymology: ME crok < ON krōkr, var. of krākr, a bending, hook, bay: for IE base see cradle

transitive verb crooked (kro̵okt), crooking crook′·ing

  1. to bend or curve
  2. Slang to steal

intransitive verb

to bend or curve

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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