Crook
noun
- 1.
- (a hooked stick or staff, something bent or curved, a swindler or thief) កង្វារ, ថ្នោលមានកំពករឺងៀង, កង្វារមានស្រយ៉ូវ, ម្ជុលចាក់មានងៀង a crook in the road ទីក្ងក់, ទំពក shepherd's crook ឈើច្រត់មានក្បាលក្ងក
- 2.
- (COLLOQUIAL) មនុស្សទុច្ចរិត
Example: He's a crook.
verb — past tense: crooked ; past participle: crooked ; present participle: crooking ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) បត់, កុង, កោង
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To bend or curve) បត់, ពត់, ពត់ចុងឲ្យងរ
Example: The crook of the elbow, to crook a ringer; to crook wire to make a hook, shepherd's crook.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.
- 2.
- Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
- 3.
- The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.
- 4.
- A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
- 5.
- An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
- 6.
- A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
- 7.
- A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.
verb — past tense: crooked ; past participle: crooked ; present participle: crooking ;
- 1.
- To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
- 2.
- To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
- 1.
- A pothook