Definition of crook

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

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Right :: Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line..
Antiguggler :: Antiguggler (n.) A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise..
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..
Incurvate :: Incurvate (a.) Curved; bent; crooked.
Hawked :: Hawked (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Crookedly :: Crookedly (adv.) In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
Curvation :: Curvation (n.) The act of bending or crooking.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Crooken :: Crooken (v. t.) To make crooked.
Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees..
Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion..
Serpent :: Serpent (v. i.) To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
Turnspit :: Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Crookes Tube :: Crookes tube () A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it..
Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
Crook :: Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
Bent :: Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow..
Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back..
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