crook

  1. Noun.  A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
  2. Noun.  A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
  3. Noun.  A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
  4. Noun.  (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) A gibbet.
  6. 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.
  7. Noun.  A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
  8. Noun.  An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
  9. Noun.  A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
  10. Verb.  (transitive) To bend.
  11. Adjective.  (Australia, New Zealand) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
  12. Adjective.  (Australia, New Zealand) Ill, sick.
  13. Adjective.  (Australia, New Zealand) Annoyed, angry; upset.

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