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▸ noun: A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
▸ noun: A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
▸ noun: (obsolete) A lock or curl of hair.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
▸ noun: A bishop's standard staff of office.
▸ noun: An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
▸ noun: A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
▸ noun: A pothook.
▸ noun: (music) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bend, or form into a hook.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become bent or hooked.
▸ verb: To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
▸ adjective: (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
▸ adjective: (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ill, sick.
▸ adjective: (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Annoyed, angry; upset.
▸ noun: A town (unparished) in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1635).
▸ noun: A village and civil parish (served by Crook and Winster Parish Council) in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD4695).
▸ noun: A statutory town in Logan County, Colorado, United States, named after George Crook
▸ noun: 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)).
▸ noun: A surname.
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