crook (n.)
- aberrancy
- aberration
- advocate
- alpenstock
- andiron
- angle
- apex
- arc
- arch
- arm
- back
- backbone
- backing
- bandeau
- baton
- bearer
- beat
- bend
- bent
- betrayer
- bias
- bifurcation
- bight
- blackleg
- booster
- bow
- bra
- brace
- bracer
- bracket
- branch
- brassiere
- buckle
- buttress
- caduceus
- cane
- cant
- carrier
- catenary
- caustic
- cervix
- chain
- cheat
- cheater
- chevron
- chisel
- chiseler
- circle
- clout
- coin
- convict
- coon
- cop
- corner
- corset
- crane
- crank
- criminal
- crosier
- cross
- crotchet
- crutch
- curl
- curve
- damper
- deceiver
- declination
- deflection
- defrauder
- delinquent
- departure
- desperado
- detour
- deviance
- deviate
- deviation
- deviousness
- diddle
- digression
- divagation
- divarication
- divergence
- diversion
- do
- dogleg
- dome
- double
- double-dealer
- drift
- drifting
- elbow
- ell
- ellipse
- embezzler
- errantry
- evildoer
- excursion
- excursus
- fasces
- felon
- festoon
- firedog
- flex
- fork
- fugitive
- fulcrum
- furcation
- ganef
- gangster
- gaolbird
- gavel
- ghoul
- girdle
- grate
- grating
- grid
- griddle
- gridiron
- grill
- guy
- hairpin
- heist
- hook
- hump
- hunch
- hyperbola
- indirection
- inflection
- jailbird
- jock
- jockstrap
- juggler
- knee
- knot
- larcener
- larcenist
- lawbreaker
- lifter
- loop
- lurch
- mace
- mainstay
- maintainer
- malefactor
- malfeasant
- mantle
- mast
- miter
- mobster
- neck
- nook
- oblique
- obliquity
- outlaw
- pallium
- parabola
- peculator
- pilferer
- pinch
- poacher
- point
- poker
- portfolio
- pothook
- prop
- prowler
- pull
- quarterstaff
- quisling
- quoin
- racketeer
- rambling
- reflex
- reinforcement
- reinforcer
- rest
- rigging
- ring
- robber
- rod
- round
- sag
- salamander
- scatter
- scepter
- scofflaw
- screw
- scrounger
- shift
- shifting
- shillelagh
- shoplifter
- shoulder
- shroud
- sinner
- sinus
- slant
- spine
- spit
- spring
- sprit
- staff
- stave
- stay
- steal
- stealer
- stick
- stiffener
- strengthener
- support
- supporter
- sustainer
- swag
- sway
- sweep
- swerve
- swerving
- swindle
- swindler
- swinging
- tack
- thief
- thug
- tiara
- tongs
- tracery
- traitor
- transgressor
- tripod
- trivet
- truncheon
- turn
- turning
- turnspit
- twist
- two-timer
- upholder
- variation
- vault
- vertex
- villain
- wand
- wandering
- warp
- wind
- wrench
- wring
- wrongdoer
- yaw
- zag
- zig
- zigzag
crook (v.)
- advocate
- angle
- appropriate
- arc
- arch
- arm
- back
- beat
- bend
- bias
- bifurcate
- bight
- bilk
- blackleg
- bow
- brace
- bracket
- branch
- buckle
- buttress
- cane
- cant
- chain
- cheat
- chisel
- chouse
- circle
- clout
- coin
- contort
- convict
- coon
- cop
- corner
- corset
- cozen
- crane
- crank
- cross
- crumple
- curl
- curve
- deflect
- defraud
- detour
- deviate
- diddle
- diffract
- diffuse
- disperse
- distort
- divagate
- diverge
- divert
- do
- double
- drift
- elbow
- ell
- festoon
- filch
- flex
- fork
- furcate
- girdle
- grate
- griddle
- grill
- guy
- heist
- hook
- hump
- hunch
- incurvate
- inflect
- knot
- loop
- lurch
- mace
- mantle
- miter
- nab
- neck
- outlaw
- pinch
- point
- prop
- pull
- racketeer
- recurve
- reflect
- refract
- reinforce
- rest
- retroflex
- ring
- rod
- round
- sag
- scatter
- screw
- sheer
- shift
- shoulder
- shroud
- skew
- slant
- slue
- spit
- spring
- staff
- stave
- stay
- steal
- stick
- support
- swag
- sway
- sweep
- swerve
- swindle
- tack
- turn
- twist
- vault
- veer
- warp
- wind
- wrench
- wrest
- wring
- writhe
- yaw
- zag
- zigzag
crook (adv.)
By hooke or crooke.
No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp,
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
Where thrift may follow fawning.
