Definition of "crook"
- noun
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
A lock or curl of hair.
A gibbet.
A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- verb
To bend.
- adjective
Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
Ill, sick.
Annoyed, angry; upset.
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