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verb

past tense of crock, dialect

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Recent Examples of crocked
Adjective
An arriving officer arrested the Parma Heights resident, who was crocked, for disorderly conduct. John Benson, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2021 Although the treaty promised an annuity, payments were often late or siphoned off to crocked traders. Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 8 Aug. 2019 Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has given a positive update on crocked defender Dani Carvajal, refusing to rule the Real Madrid right-back out of his World Cup plans. SI.com, 29 May 2018 However, the crocked 28-year-old’s contract is set to run out at the end of the 2018-19 campaign, with the Germany international not opposed to plying his trade elsewhere. SI.com, 19 Oct. 2017 Walker has five assists already this season, impressing massively in a right wing back role for Guardiola, whilst Delph has added another string to his bow whilst playing at left back as deputy for the crocked Benjamin Mendy. SI.com, 2 Nov. 2017 Fast forward six years and this precocious gem that the English media had so emphatically hyped up now finds himself crocked, stagnated and plying his trade sporadically in youth and cup fixtures. SI.com, 21 Oct. 2017 By the end of some drinking-club evenings most of the participants were so crocked that Rudy might as well have been pouring grape Gatorade. Patrick Cooke, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017 James is set to take Danny Drinkwater's place who is unlikely to be fit due to a thigh strain, while King will replace the crocked summer signing Vicente Iborra. SI.com, 10 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crocked
Adjective
  • Both aim to improve handling, not that the MX-5 handled like a drunk camel in the first place.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But despite anecdotal reports of non-human animals appearing drunk after consuming ripe fruit or sugary substances, there's been very little research into its actual prevalence in the broader kingdom of life.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • But the dance party morphs into an intensely heated argument — complete with drunken insults and shattered glass — as the Owens sisters realize Angelov isn’t really gone.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Three decades on, recollections of the drunken antics and petty feuds that marked the Britpop scene may have faded, but the era’s style iconography—and of course the music—remains.
    Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • For some real fortitude, the nasi lemak is a mix of crispy chicken served with jasmine rice, a dollop of fried egg, and spicy sambal sauce—a breakfast of champions.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Fried Chicken Sandwich With Chili Crisp Mayo The key elements in this sandwich are: soft sweet bun, mayonnaise mixed with something spicy, a flat boneless piece of fried chicken and some pickled vegetables.
    Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Keith sees that the cockpit floor is sopping wet since Emma just rinsed it in her last hour.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Prepare for wet weather, but a record-setting daily high temperature.
    Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • He was also required to make a public safety announcement about the dangers of impaired driving.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Starting in 2018, for example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai and collaborators showed how impaired lipid processing in specific cell types harboring APOE4 alters them in ways that could cause disease.
    ByJocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 12 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • So cell-to-pack allows the module building blocks to be left out of a battery pack, meaning less wasted volume.
    Mark Andrews, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • How can so many in our government have turned a blind eye to this catastrophe?
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, Jones had most recently produced the 2014 documentary Keep on Keepin’ On, about jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and his mentorship of blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin.
    Jennifer Frederick, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control.
    TIME, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.
    David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022

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“Crocked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crocked. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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