crook
- Noun. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- Noun. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- Noun. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- Noun. (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
- Noun. (obsolete) A gibbet.
- Noun. (obsolete) 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.
- Noun. A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
- Noun. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- Noun. A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- Verb. (transitive) To bend.
- Adjective. (Australia, New Zealand) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
- Adjective. (Australia, New Zealand) Ill, sick.
- Adjective. (Australia, New Zealand) Annoyed, angry; upset.
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