Meanings
verbcrooken (third-person singular simple present crookens, present participle crookening, simple past and past participle crookened)
present singular third person crookens · participle present crookening · participle past crookened · past crookened
- transitiveTo make crooked.
"[…] The amount the jacket needs to be 'crookened': 3/8%".
2016, Jo Baker-Waters, Pattern Cutting Techniques for Ladies' Jackets, page 102
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APA
crooken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crooken
MLA
“crooken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crooken. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crooken,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crooken.
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