- crinkle-crankle
- crin·kle-cran·kle
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crinkle-crankle
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crinkle-crankle — |kriŋkəl|kraŋkəl noun ( s) Etymology: crinkle + crankle : a winding in and out : sinuosity, zigzag … Useful english dictionary
Crankle — Cran kle (kr?n k l), v. t. [Cf. {Crinkle}.] To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. [1913 Webster] Old Veg s stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crankle — Cran kle, n. A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crankle — [kraŋ′kəl] n. crankled, crankling [freq. of CRANK1] vi., vt. Archaic bend, twist, or crinkle … English World dictionary
crankle — I. ˈkraŋkəl verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: freq. of crank (II) transitive verb obsolete : to break into turns, bends, or angles … Useful english dictionary
crankle — /krang keuhl/, n., v.t., v.i., crankled, crankling. bend; turn; crinkle. [1585 95; CRANK1 + LE] * * * … Universalium
crankle — 1. noun a bend, twist or crinkle 2. verb to bend or twist … Wiktionary
crinkle — Synonyms and related words: ambages, anfractuosity, bristle, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, cocker, cockle, contort, convolution, corkscrew, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, crease, crimp, crimple,… … Moby Thesaurus
crankle — v. curve, kink, bend, turn; break into turns (of a stream); crinkle n. bend, turn; crease, wrinkle … English contemporary dictionary
crankle — v. n. Crinkle, run in and out. See crank … New dictionary of synonyms
