Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Crankle

//ˈkɹæŋkəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bend, twist or crinkle.
Verb
  1. 1
    To bend, turn, or wind.

    "Meander, who is said so intricate to bee, Hath not so many turnes, nor crankling nookes as shee."

  2. 2
    To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.

    "Old Vaga's stream […] drew her humid train aslope, / Crankling her banks."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From crank + -le. Coined by Michael Drayton in 1596. According to the Poly-Olbion project, "Drayton probably derived ‘crankling’ from ‘crank’, a word which had its first recorded usage in Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis (1594) where it describes a hare which ‘crankes and crosses with a thousand doubles’."

Etymology 2

From crank + -le. Coined by Michael Drayton in 1596. According to the Poly-Olbion project, "Drayton probably derived ‘crankling’ from ‘crank’, a word which had its first recorded usage in Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis (1594) where it describes a hare which ‘crankes and crosses with a thousand doubles’."

See also for "crankle"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: crankle