crook

Definitions

• A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
• A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
• A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
• (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
• (obsolete) A gibbet.
• (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.
• A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
• A bishop's staff of office.
• An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
• A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
• A pothook.
• (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.