crook

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
2. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
3. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
4. (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
5. (obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
6. A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
7. A bishop's standard staff of office.
8. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
9. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
10. A pothook.
11. A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

Verb

1. (transitive) To bend, or form into a hook.
2. (intransitive) To become bent or hooked.
3. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Adj

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
2. (Australia, New-Zealand, slang) Ill, sick.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.

Concetti

lestofante

curva

truffatore

pezzente

svolta

piegare

furfante

pastorale

imbroglione

arcuare

delinquente

criminale

farabutto

fuorilegge

giravolta

impostora

inarcare

incurvare

malfattore

malvivente

piega

piegarsi in due

circonflettere

incurvarsi

vincastro

ingobbirsi

bastone pastorale

arco

🙇

cavaliere d'industria

buco

🕳️

cavità

gomito

ladro

mascalzone

riccio

trucco

affarista

ansa

bandolero

briccone

curvare

gabbamondo

sinonimi

bend

curve

rogue

swindler

cheat

criminal

turn

scoundrel

twist

malefactor

felon

villain

🦹‍♂️

trickster

hook

🪝

crosier

thief

deceiver

rascal

knave

staff

rook

crozier

outlaw

corner

imposter

shepherd’s crook

fraud

con man

wind

con artist

cheater

bad guy

twister

delinquent

cane

slicker

stick

culprit

renegade

meander

offender

liar

bow

🙇

scroll

📜

jockey

flexure

flex

faker

hoodwinker

lawbreaker

Traduzioni

escroc

Gauner

krümmen

Ganove

courbe

Betrüger

ellendeling

boef

ploert

Hirtenstab

Biegung

crosse

Krümmung

γκλίτσα

schavuit

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kɹʊk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: croke

Ereditato da inglese antico: *crōc

Affine olandese: kreuk

Affine Middle Low German: kroke

Affine danese: krog

Affine svedese: krok

Affine islandese: krókur

Ereditato da inglese medio: crooken

Ereditato da inglese antico: *crōcian

Affine olandese: kreuken

In summary

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”).
Cognate with Dutch kreuk (“a bend, fold, wrinkle”), Middle Low German kroke, krake (“fold, wrinkle”), Danish krog (“crook, hook”), Swedish krok (“crook, hook”), Icelandic krókur (“hook”).
Compare typologically Czech křivák (< křivý < Proto-Slavic *krivъ, whence also *krivьda).

Frasi

He arose and , taking up his crook , began to awaken the sheep that still slept .

Si alzò e, prendendo il suo truffatore, iniziò a risvegliare le pecore che dormivano ancora.