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.
verbpast 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.
verbpast 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