Definitions
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 gibbet.
6.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.
7.nounA shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
8.nounA bishop's staff of office.
9.nounAn artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
10.nounA person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
11.nounA pothook.
12.nounA small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
13.verbTo bend, or form into a hook."He crooked his finger toward me."
14.verbTo become bent or hooked.
15.verbTo turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.