Crookle

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To bend; to make crooked. East-Midlands, Yorkshire, dialectal, obsolete

Etymology

Equivalent to crook (“to bend”) + -le (frequentative or diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kreukelen, Low German krökeln.

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