Definitionen
1.NounA bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure."She held the baby in the crook of her arm."
2.NounA bending of the knee; a genuflection.
3.NounA bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything)."the crook of a cane"
4.NounA lock or curl of hair.
5.NounA 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.
6.NounA specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
7.NounA bishop's standard staff of office.
8.NounAn artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
9.NounA person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
10.NounA pothook.
11.NounA small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
12.VerbTo bend, or form into a hook."He crooked his finger toward me."
13.VerbTo become bent or hooked.
14.VerbTo turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
15.AdjectiveBad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard."That work you did on my car is crook, mate.; Not turning up for training was pretty crook."
16.AdjectiveIll, sick."I′m feeling a bit crook."
17.AdjectiveAnnoyed, angry; upset."be crook at/about; go crook at"