Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crooking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crook-ing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of crook

noun

The act by which something is crooked.

Example Sentences

"[…] her rushes to the front door, and long hugs when he came back from a travel; all those later crookings of her little finger in his […]"

Inflected Forms

crookings (plural)

Questions

What does crooking mean?: present participle and gerund of crook

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