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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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crook

/krʊk/

US pronunciation
American sound/krʊk/
crook
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short oo vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> crook

Myanmar meaning

(n) လူလိမ်လူညစ်။ လူဆိုး။ တံတောင်ဆစ်ကွေး။ ဒူးကွေး။ အဖျားကောက် တုတ်ရှည်။ (v) (လက်ချောင်း၊ လက်မောင်းကို) ကွေးပြသည်။ (adj) နာဖျားမကျန်း။

Full entry

crook /krƱk/ n

၁။ (infml ) လူလိမ်လူညစ်။ လူဆိုး။
The crooks got away with most of the money. ❍ That used-car salesman is a real crook.
၂။ တံတောင်ဆစ်ကွေး။ ဒူးကွေး။ carrying a rifle in the crook of his arm (ie at the inside of his elbow with the arm bent).
၃။ (က) အဖျားကောက် တုတ်ရှည်။ a shepherd's crook. (ခ) (infml ) = CROSIER
v (လက်ချောင်း၊ လက်မောင်းကို) ကွေးပြသည်။ She crooked a finger (at me) and beckoned me to follow her.
adj (Austral infml ) နာဖျားမကျန်း[သော]။
I'm feeling a bit crook.

More examples
  • The bunch of crooks who run the government
  • The crook of your arm
Synonyms
criminal, offender, villain, felon, robber, lawbreaker, angle, bend, bow, cheat, convict, crosier, curve, filcher, flex, fork, hook, jailbird, knave, malefactor, meander, notch, outlaw, pilferer, purloiner, racketeer, rod, rogue, round, scoundrel, shark, shyster, slither, snake, staff, stick, swindler, thief, wind, zigzag
Antonyms
law, police, straighten
Cross references
criminaloffendervillainfelonrobberlawbreakeranglebendbowcheatconvictcrosiercurvefilcherflexforkhookjailbirdknavemalefactormeandernotchoutlawpilfererpurloinerracketeerrodrogue
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