- crankum
- crank·um
English syllables. 2014.
crankum
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crankum — ˈkraŋkəm noun ( s) Etymology: crank (I) (whim) + Latin um (neuter noun ending) : an eccentric turn : crotchet, vagary … Useful english dictionary
crinkum-crankum — [kriŋ′kəm kraŋ′kəm] n. 〚redupl. of CRANK1〛 Archaic anything full of twists and turns * * * … Universalium
crinkum-crankum — [kriŋ′kəm kraŋ′kəm] n. [redupl. of CRANK1] Archaic anything full of twists and turns … English World dictionary
crinkum-crankum — [krɪŋkəm kraŋkəm] noun archaic elaborate decoration or detail. Origin C17: fanciful reduplication of crank1 or crank2 … English new terms dictionary
crinkum-crankum — crin·kum cran·kum … English syllables
crinkum-crankum — |kriŋkəm|kraŋkəm noun ( s) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin nouns ending in um) of crinkle crankle archaic : something full of twists and turns : a thing fancifully or excessively intricate and elaborate … Useful english dictionary
Danger Came Smiling — was the final LP released by Manchester post punk group Ludus. It was first issued by New Hormones in September 1982. The album stands apart in the band s discography, being a lot more experimental, improvisational and intentionally less… … Wikipedia
thingamajig — /thing euh meuh jig /, n. Informal. a gadget or other thing for which the speaker does not know or has forgotten the name. Also, thingumajig. [1870 75; thingum or thingummy + JIG1, metrically patterned like GOBBLEDYGOOK, RIGAMAROLE; thingum perh … Universalium
higgledy-piggledy — confusedly, hurriedly, 1590s, a vocal gesture [OED] probably formed from PIG (Cf. pig) and the animal s suggestions of mess and disorder. Reduplications in the h /p pattern are common (e.g. hanky panky, hocus pocus, hinch(y) pinch(y), an obsolete … Etymology dictionary
