uncrook

English

Etymology

un- +‎ crook

Verb

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.