Definition of Crook

Crook - A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

Crook - Any implement having a bent or crooked end.

Crook - The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.

Crook - A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

Crook - A pothook.

Crook - An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

Crook - A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

Crook - A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.

Crook - To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

Crook - To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Crook - To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.