crookle

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verb

To bend; to make crooked.

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Meanings

verbcrookle (third-person singular simple present crookles, present participle crookling, simple past and past participle crookled)

present singular third person crookles · participle present crookling · participle past crookled · past crookled

  1. East MidlandsYorkshiredialectalobsoleteLancashireTo bend; to make crooked.

Origin

Equivalent to crook (“to bend”) + -le (frequentative or diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kreukelen, Low German krökeln.

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APA

crookle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crookle

MLA

“crookle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crookle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crookle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crookle.

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