"crinkle-crankle" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} crinkle-crankle (not comparable)
  1. Of a garden wall: built in a repeating series of curves. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Walls and fences
    Sense id: en-crinkle-crankle-en-adj-bLn569V8 Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 93 7 Categories (other): English apophonic reduplications, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English apophonic reduplications: 92 8 Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cringle-crangle

Noun

Forms: crinkle-crankles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crinkle-crankle (plural crinkle-crankles)
  1. A curve or twist.
    Sense id: en-crinkle-crankle-en-noun-K3p0WIki
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cringle-crangle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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