Definition of Crankle

1. v. t. To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.

2. v. i. To bend, turn, or wind.

3. n. A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.

Definition of Crankle

1. Noun. a bend, twist or crinkle ¹

2. Verb. to bend or twist ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crankle

1. to crinkle [v -KLED, -KLING, -KLES] - See also: crinkle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crankle

crankbirds
crankcase
crankcases
cranked
cranked up
cranker
crankest
crankier
crankiest
crankily
crankiness
crankinesses
cranking
cranking up
crankish
crankle (current term)
crankled
crankles
crankling
crankly
crankness
crankous
crankpin
crankpins
cranks
cranks up
crankset
cranksets
crankshaft
crankshafts

Literary usage of Crankle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"... repliegue ^ "" *f°> bend of a river, crankle. repoblar (fish.) to restock a pond. lie — (mar.) rechange. ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"The name however is very widely spread, and is found in some of the languages in the extremity of Siberia. Crank. — crankle. — Crinkle. ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Spec, flyer, blow (chiefly in "sidewinder"). wind, n. curve (contextual), turn, twist; epec. twine, meander, coil, circuit, curl, curling, roll, crankle ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To crankle, (krang'-kl) ra To break into unequal surfaces, or angles. CRANNIED, (kran'-ne-ed) o. Full of chinks. ..."

5. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"1.148; cranks, pi. bends, turnings, Two Noble Kinsmen, i. 2. 28; Spenser, FQ vii. 7. 52. crankle, to twist and turn about. Drayton, Pol. vii. 198; xii. ..."

6. Technological Dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"... repliegue ^ "" *f°> bend of a river, crankle. repoblar (fish.) to restock a pond. lie — (mar.) rechange. ..."

7. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"The name however is very widely spread, and is found in some of the languages in the extremity of Siberia. Crank. — crankle. — Crinkle. ..."

8. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Spec, flyer, blow (chiefly in "sidewinder"). wind, n. curve (contextual), turn, twist; epec. twine, meander, coil, circuit, curl, curling, roll, crankle ..."

9. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To crankle, (krang'-kl) ra To break into unequal surfaces, or angles. CRANNIED, (kran'-ne-ed) o. Full of chinks. ..."

10. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"1.148; cranks, pi. bends, turnings, Two Noble Kinsmen, i. 2. 28; Spenser, FQ vii. 7. 52. crankle, to twist and turn about. Drayton, Pol. vii. 198; xii. ..."

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