| Definitions of 'crook' |
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1. (noun) criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
2. (noun) bend, crook, twist, turn
a circular segment of a curve
"a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
3. (verb) crook, shepherd's crook
a long staff with one end being hook shaped
4. (verb) crook, curve
bend or cause to bend
"He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
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| Definitions of 'crook' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) crook
a bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure
2. (noun) crook
any implement having a bent or crooked end
3. (noun) crook
the staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep
4. (noun) crook
a bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff
5. (noun) crook
a pothook
6. (noun) crook
an artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge
7. (noun) crook
a small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key
8. (noun) crook
a person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc
9. (noun) crook
to turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve
10. (noun) crook
to turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist
11. (verb) crook
to bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature
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