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Definition of: crook
(kr
k) noun
1. A bend or curve; also, something bent or crooked.
2. The curved or bent part of a thing: the crook of a branch.
3. A genuflection.
4. A device; scheme; artifice.
5. An implement with a crook in it: a shepherd's crook.
6. Scot. A pothook.
7. Colloq. A criminal; swindler; cheat.
8. Austral. Slang Ill; out of sorts; also, angry; annoyed.
—to go crook at Austral. Slang To be angry at.
—v.t. To bend; make crooked.
—v.i. To grow crooked. See synonyms under BEND, TWIST. [<ON krōkr]
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