Past tense of crook
regular verb
The past tense of crook is crooked. The past participle is also crooked.
Forms of crook
| Base form (V1) | crook /kɹʊk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | crooked /kɹʊkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | crooked /kɹʊkt/ |
| Present participle | crooking |
| Third person singular | crooks /kɹʊks/ |
Crooked in a sentence
- He crooked his finger toward me.
- We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.From the entry crooked
- That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?From the entry crooked
- He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.From the entry crooked
- He's so crooked that everyone avoids interacting with him as much as they can help it.From the entry crooked
Meaning of crook
- noun A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- noun A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- noun A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
Questions about the past tense of crook
- What is the past tense of crook?
- The past tense of crook is crooked.
- What is the past participle of crook?
- The past participle of crook is crooked.
- Is crook a regular or irregular verb?
- Crook is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crook (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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