crooking
Forming a hook
Crooking is the present participle of crook, meaning to bend or curve something into a hook-like shape.
You crook your finger to beckon someone closer, or crook your arm to carry something in the bend of your elbow.
She sat crooking her finger at the hesitant cat.
The word appears most often in these bodily gestures rather than in reference to bending objects generally.
Gesturing for approach
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
- gesturingMoving limbs expressively
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- motioningSignaling through movement
curling · hooking · index · come-hither · wave · pointing · luring · inviting
Contracting muscles voluntarily
- curvingBending in arc
- anglingRecreational hook-and-line pursuit
- hookingCatching with curved end
- archingBending in a curve
curling · twisting · looping · coiling · spiraling · kinking · warping · meandering
Fraudulent taking of money
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- scammingDefrauding through deception
- defraudingCheating for gain
- conningDefrauding through deception
grifting · hustling · embezzling · deceiving · manipulating · scheming · bamboozling · fleecing
beckoning
Gesturing for approach
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
- gesturingMoving limbs expressively
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
motioning · curling · hooking · index · come-hither · wave · pointing · luring · inviting · calling
flexing
Contracting muscles voluntarily
arching · curling · twisting · looping · coiling · spiraling · kinking · warping · meandering · contorting
swindling
Fraudulent taking of money
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- scammingDefrauding through deception
- defraudingCheating for gain
conning · grifting · hustling · embezzling · deceiving · manipulating · scheming · bamboozling · fleecing · bilking
crookingstraightening
Making something not crooked
unbending · aligning · flattening · extending · uncurling
crookingstraightening
Making something not crooked
extending · stretching · unfurling · unfolding · stretching out