Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

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Crookedness :: Crookedness (n.) The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness..
Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back..
Sheephook :: Sheephook (n.) A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key..
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..
Cammock :: Cammock (n.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock..
Golf :: Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
Crookack :: Crookack (a.) Hunched.
Serpent :: Serpent (v. i.) To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
Right :: Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line..
Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..
Bent :: Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever..
Curvation :: Curvation (n.) The act of bending or crooking.
Acrook :: Acrook (adv.) Crookedly.
Crookedly :: Crookedly (adv.) In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Bent :: Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow..
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