Meanings
verbuncrook (third-person singular simple present uncrooks, present participle uncrooking, simple past and past participle uncrooked)
present singular third person uncrooks · participle present uncrooking · participle past uncrooked · past uncrooked
- transitiveTo bring back from a crooked position.
And like them, he worked high on the fretboard, peeling off nimble riffs without ever uncrooking his arm.
2008 February 14, Kelefa Sanneh, “A Band That Cradles Its Rock, Even Under All Those Layers of Expectations”, in New York Times
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with uncrook
booklooktookoutlookhookbrookbrookeshookkochoverlookchinookcrooklogbookrookmookchookovercookblookjookchequebookabrookbring to bookby hook or by crookCorner Brook
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APA
uncrook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrook
MLA
“uncrook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrook. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncrook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrook.
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