CROOKBACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crookback mean? 

• CROOKBACK (noun)
  The noun CROOKBACK has 1 sense:

1. a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine

  Familiarity information: CROOKBACK used as a noun is very rare.

• CROOKBACK (adjective)
  The adjective CROOKBACK has 1 sense:

1. characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

  Familiarity information: CROOKBACK used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROOKBACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

crookback; humpback; hunchback

Hypernyms ("crookback" is a kind of...):

cripple (someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back)

Derivation:

crookback (characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column)

• CROOKBACK (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

Synonyms:

crookback; crookbacked; gibbous; humpbacked; humped; hunchbacked; kyphotic

Similar:

unfit (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition)

Derivation:

crookback (a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine)