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| crook | |
| 1. sost. parte ricurva, incurvatura, piegatura | |
| 2. sost. piega, curva, incavo | |
| the crook of the arm - l'incavo del braccio | |
| 3. sost. (religione) pastorale (il bastone ricurvo di un vescovo) | |
| 4. sost. trucco, imbroglio | |
| they won by crook - hanno vinto con l'imbroglio | |
| 5. sost. delinquente, lestofante, ladro | |
| he is just a small crook - è solo un ladruncolo | |
| 6. sost. (musica) (di uno strumento ad ottone) coulisse | |
| 7. verb. curvare, piegare, incurvare, flettere | |
| to crook a finger - piegare un dito | |
| 8. verb. (senso figurato) traviare | |
| to crook youth - traviare i giovani | |
| 9. verb. curvarsi, piegarsi | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| crook | |
| 1. subst. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. |  |
| She held the baby in the crook of her arm. | |
| 2. subst. A bending of the knee; a genuflection. | |
| 3. subst. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything). | |
| the crook of a cane | |
| 4. subst. (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair. | |
| 5. subst. (obsolete) A gibbet. | |
| 6. subst. (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. | |
| 7. subst. A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds. | |
| 8. subst. A bishop's staff of office. | |
| 9. subst. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance. | |
| 10. subst. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal. | |
| 11. subst. A pothook. | |
| 12. subst. (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. | |
| 13. v. To bend, or form into a hook. | |
| He crooked his finger toward me. | |
| 14. v. (intransitive) To become bent or hooked. | |
| 15. v. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. | |
| 16. adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard. | |
| That work you did on my car is crook, mate | |
| Not turning up for training was pretty crook. | |
| Things are crook at Tallarook. | |
| 17. adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ill, sick. | |
| I′m feeling a bit crook. | |
| 18. adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset. | |
| be crook at/about; go crook at | |
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