cruckle

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English

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Etymology

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From earlier crookle (to bend, twist, make crooked), equivalent to crook (to bend) +‎ -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch kreukelen, Low German krökeln.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cruckle (third-person singular simple present cruckles, present participle cruckling, simple past and past participle cruckled)

  1. (Rochdale, dialectal, intransitive) To stumble after inverting or everting one's foot; to roll (but not necessarily sprain) one's ankle.

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