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crooks

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /krʊk/
    • /krʊk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /krʊk/

Definition of crooks word

  • noun crooks Plural form of crook. 1

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Parts of speech for Crooks

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

crooks popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

crooks usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for crooks

noun crooks

  • staffs — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
  • sticks — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
  • criminals — Plural form of criminal.
  • convicts — Plural form of convict.
  • thieves — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.

verb crooks

  • angles — Plural form of angle.
  • bends — the severe pain in the limbs, joints, and abdomen during decompression sickness
  • forks — an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
  • hooks — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
  • notches — an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.

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