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 ;

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