Definition of crook

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

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Akimbo :: Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
Serpent :: Serpent (v. i.) To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
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.
Curvicaudate :: Curvicaudate (a.) Having a curved or crooked tail.
Acrook :: Acrook (adv.) Crookedly.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
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..
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
Shabble :: Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
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