Definition of crook

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

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Crook :: Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..
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..
Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
Crookedness :: Crookedness (n.) The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness..
Crook :: Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..
Curve :: Curve (a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it..
Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
Zigzaggery :: Zigzaggery (n.) The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
Meander :: Meander (n.) A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries..
Knee-crooking :: Knee-crooking (a.) Obsequious; fawning; cringing.
Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
Twisted :: Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted..
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Right :: Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line..
Corbe :: Corbe (a.) Crooked.
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..
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