Definition of "crooking" [crooking]

• Simple past tense and past participle of crook. (verb)

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• "I know someone who's 34 and has never worked a day in his life, save for the odd shift 'crooking' as he calls it."
• "He became suddenly aware that his fingers were tensing and crooking like a thug's, and he knew the desire to kill."
• "George regarded him silently, his nostrils distending and his lean fingers unconsciously crooking like an eagle's talons about to clutch."