crook

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Synonyms: croon, croak, brook, rook, crool, crock, cronk, cook, grook, chook, acrook

Antonyms: croon, croak, brook, rook, crool, crock, cronk, cook, grook, chook, acrook

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Noun

1. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
   • She held the baby in the crook of her arm.
2. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
3. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
   • the crook of a cane
4. A person who steals, lies, cheats, or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal; a scoundrel, scofflaw, lawbreaker, rogue, or miscreant.
5. A lock or curl of hair.
6. 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. A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
8. A bishop's standard staff of office.
9. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
10. A pothook.
11. A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

Verb

1. To bend, or form into a hook.
   • He crooked his finger toward me.
2. To become bent or hooked.
3. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Adjective

1. Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
   • That work you did on my car is crook, mate.
   • Not turning up for training was pretty crook.
2. Ill, sick.
   • I′m feeling a bit crook.
3. Annoyed, angry; upset.
   • be crook at/about; go crook at

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