Definition of crooked

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Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.

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Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
Crook :: Crook (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Golf :: Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
Futtock :: Futtock (n.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..
Meander :: Meander (n.) A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries..
Scrabble :: Scrabble (v. t.) To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl..
Dachshund :: Dachshund (n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired..
Turnspit :: Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
Pravity :: Pravity (n.) Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature..
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber..
Right :: Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line..
Camoys :: Camoys (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..
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