American English pronunciation
How to pronounce crooked
IPA transcription: [k'ɹʊkəd]
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Verb
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bend or cause to bend
“He crooked his index finger”
“the road curved sharply”
Adjective
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having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
“crooked country roads”
“crooked teeth”
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not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
Adjective
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having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
“a little oldish misshapen stooping woman”
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irregular in shape or outline
“asymmetrical features”
“a dress with a crooked hemline”
Usage examples
- It cuts a deep, narrow valley and is very crooked.
- Among his works is "Crooked Cucumber", the biography of Shunryu Suzuki.
- The crooked maze failed to fool the mouse.
- The crooked maze failed to fool the mouse.
- The crooked maze failed to fool the mouse.
- Poor little Crooked-Leg was terribly scared.
- His hand shot out and clutched Crooked-Leg by the neck.
- Prod the old mule with a crooked stick.
- Poor little Crooked-Leg was terribly scared.
- Crooked Creek, a nationally recognized "Blue Ribbon" smallmouth bass fishery, flows through Harrison.