crocked

English

Etymology 1

See crock (verb)

Verb

crocked

simple past tense and past participle of crock

Adjective

crocked (comparative more crocked, superlative most crocked)

(Britain) injured (of a person)
- 2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone”, in BBC Sport‎:
  St Johnstone boss Derek McInnes had made two changes, with Callum Davidson, who has now recovered from injury, the replacement for crocked fellow defender David McCracken and David Robertson taking the place of Chris Millar in midfield.
(Britain) broken (of a thing)

Synonyms

(injured): hurt, imbrued, injured; see also Thesaurus:wounded
(broken): busted, inoperative, knackered; see also Thesaurus:out of order

Adjective

crocked (comparative more crocked, superlative most crocked)

(informal, Canada, US) drunk (of a person)

Synonyms

blotto, plastered, sottish; see also Thesaurus:drunk

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