Plural of crook
regular plural
The plural of crook is crooks.
Forms of crook
| Singular | crook /kɹʊk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | crooks /kɹʊks/ |
| Countable | countable |
Crooks in a sentence
- In these early days of silent pictures, the accent was chiefly on thrills and danger as provided by supposedly unstoppable locomotives with crooks or maniacs on the footplate.1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88
- We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.From the entry scurrilous
- Paul and Hot Springs, Arkansas, as sites on crooks' favorite cool-down triptychs.2013, Neal Karlen, Augie’s Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip. From the entry mishegass
- There is no way to avoid the slight cups, crooks, bows and twists that characterize wood.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry characterize
- "It's the crooks and the fourflushers who have put the boxing game on the hummer," the champion was saying.1913, Collier's - Volume 52, page 37. From the entry hummer
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 plural of crook
- What is the plural of crook?
- The plural of crook is crooks.
- Is crook countable?
- Crook is a countable noun.
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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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