crook

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
2. 2
   A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
3. 3
   A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
4. 4
   A lock or curl of hair.
5. 5
   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.
6. 6
   A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
7. 7
   A bishop's standard staff of office.
8. 8
   An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
9. 9
   A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
10. 10
    A pothook.
11. 11
    A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

Verb

1. 1
   To bend, or form into a hook.
2. 2
   To become bent or hooked.
3. 3
   To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Adjective

1. 1
   Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
2. 2
   Ill, sick.
3. 3
   Annoyed, angry; upset.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1635).
2. 2
   A village and civil parish (served by Crook and Winster Parish Council) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD4695).
3. 3
   A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado, United States, named after George Crook.
4. 4
   An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri, United States, so named because of a local merchant's business practices (thus being derived from crook (thief)).
5. 5
   A surname.