Crook (n.) A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

Crook (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end.

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

Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

Crook (n.) A pothook.

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

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

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

Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

Crook (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

Crooked (imp. & p. p.) of Crook

Crooked (a.) Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.

Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.

Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.