crook
IPA: krˈʊk
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).
- (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
- (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.
- A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
- A bishop's standard staff of office.
- An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- A pothook.
- (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
- A town in County Durham, England.
- A village in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England.
- A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado, United States, named after George Crook
- An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States, so named because of a local merchant's business practices (thus being derived from crook (thief)).
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To bend, or form into a hook.
- (intransitive) To become bent or hooked.
- To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
adjective
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ill, sick.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.
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Examples of "crook" in Sentences
- The police arrested the crook.
- So the Kammel is the crooked water.
- He also carries the crook and flail.
- The cops arrive and arrest the crook.
- A syncline determines the top of the crook.
- It was the winner of the Compton Crook Award.
- The hand holding the crook is bent at the elbows.
- The trunk is crooked and asymmetrical at the base.
- Raising the crooked finger is invitation to the act.
- Another anticline determines the end of the crook shape.