crook vs peculiar

crook

noun
  • An artifice; a trick; a contrivance. 

  • A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. 

  • A pothook. 

  • A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything). 

  • A bishop's standard staff of office. 

  • A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. 

  • A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal. 

  • A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds. 

  • A bending of the knee; a genuflection. 

verb
  • To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. 

  • To become bent or hooked. 

  • To bend, or form into a hook. 

adj
  • Ill, sick. 

  • Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard. 

  • Annoyed, angry; upset. 

peculiar

noun
  • That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic. 

  • an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated. 

adj
  • Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular. 

  • Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual. 

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