Crook

Quick meaning: Crook is a noun meaning A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

Meaning

A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.

More Meanings

1. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
2. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
3. A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
4. A bishop's standard staff of office.
5. An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
6. (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
7. (obsolete) A 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.

Example Sentences

the crook of a cane

he walks bye lanes, and crooks

for all your brags, hooks, and crooks

She held the baby in the crook of her arm.

Word Forms

• crooks
• crooking
• crooked
• crooker
• crookest

Synonyms for crook

Depending on context, synonyms include criminal, curve, malefactor, bend, turn, felon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include curve, bend, turn, felon, outlaw, malefactor.

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