"cruckle" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɹʊk(ə)l/ (note: Rochdale), [ˈkʰɹʊkɫ̩] (note: Rochdale) Forms: cruckles [present, singular, third-person], cruckling [participle, present], cruckled [participle, past], cruckled [past]
Etymology: From earlier crookle (“to bend, twist, make crooked”), equivalent to crook (“to bend”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch kreukelen, Low German krökeln. Etymology templates: {{m|en|crookle|t=to bend, twist, make crooked}} crookle (“to bend, twist, make crooked”), {{suf|en|crook|le|id2=verbal frequentative|pos2=frequentative suffix|t1=to bend}} crook (“to bend”) + -le (frequentative suffix), {{cog|nl|kreukelen}} Dutch kreukelen, {{cog|nds|krökeln}} Low German krökeln Head templates: {{en-verb}} cruckle (third-person singular simple present cruckles, present participle cruckling, simple past and past participle cruckled)
  1. (Rochdale, dialectal, intransitive) To stumble after inverting or everting one's foot; to roll (but not necessarily sprain) one's ankle. Tags: dialectal, intransitive

Inflected forms

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