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crooked: Meaning and Definition of
crook•ed
Pronunciation: (krook'id for 1-4, 6 krookt for 5), [key]
— adj.
- not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path.
- askew; awry: The picture on the wall seems to be crooked.
- deformed: a man with a crooked back.
- not straightforward; dishonest.
- bent and often raised or moved to one side, as a finger or neck.
- (of a coin) polygonal: a crooked sixpence.
See also:
- crooked (Thesaurus)
