CROOK

/kɹʊk/
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Definition

/kɹʊk/
noun
  1. A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
    “She held the baby in the crook of her arm.”
  2. A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
  3. A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
    “the crook of a cane”
  4. A lock or curl of hair.
  5. A gibbet.
verb
  1. To bend, or form into a hook.
    “He crooked his finger toward me.”
  2. To become bent or hooked.
  3. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

Source: Wiktionary

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