uncrook

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ crook.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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uncrook (third-person singular simple present uncrooks, present participle uncrooking, simple past and past participle uncrooked)

  1. (transitive) To bring back from a crooked position.
    • 2008 February 14, Kelefa Sanneh, “A Band That Cradles Its Rock, Even Under All Those Layers of Expectations”, in New York Times[1]:
      And like them, he worked high on the fretboard, peeling off nimble riffs without ever uncrooking his arm.