Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acrook

/əˈkɹʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: acrook
IPA: /əˈkɹʊk/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an oblique or crooked direction.

Archaic

adj

Bent or formed into a hook.

adj

Not in its proper place or properly oriented.

Example Sentences

"C. Custance. Wife, why cal ye me wife? Sim Sure. Wife? this gear goth acrook."
"Loe, is not there the draught of some gold-sandy brooke That on this azure ground glydes (as it were) acrooke?"
"[…] our spirits immersed / In wilfulness, our steps run all acrook."
"And night ten years, o’er rough and smooth, And up and down, and acrook and across, I lead my pupils by the nose,"
"1905, Eudorus C. Kenney, “Jack and the Sparrows” in Some More Thusettes, Cortland, NY: The Democrat Printery, p. 7, So Jack of salt a handful took / And slyly watched with neck acrook The sparrows."
""Arm acrook, too, a-thinkin’ thet in ther dark all cats is grey.""

Etymology

From a- + crook.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Usage

Archaic

Synonyms

askew awry crookedly obliquely bent crooked

Questions

How do you pronounce acrook?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkɹʊk/.
What does acrook mean?: In an oblique or crooked direction.
Where does acrook come from?: From a- + crook.

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