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crankle

American  
[krang-kuhl] / ˈkræŋ kəl /

noun

crankled, crankling

  1. bend; turn; crinkle.

Etymology

Origin of crankle

First recorded in 1585–95; crank 1 + -le

Example Sentences

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I find that the verb is unravelled as “bend, wind, turn, twist, wind in and out, crankle, crinkle.”

From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by Lind-af-Hageby, L. (Lizzy)

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