/kɹʊk/
noun
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).A lock or curl of hair.A gibbet.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.A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.verb
To bend, or form into a hook.To become bent or hooked.To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.