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crankle

/ˈkɹeɪ̯ŋkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cran-kle
IPA
/ˈkɹeɪ̯ŋkəl/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bend, twist or crinkle.

verb

To bend, turn, or wind.

verb

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

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’."

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkɹeɪ̯ŋkəl/

Inflected Forms

crankles (plural) crankles (present, singular) crankling (participle, present) crankled (participle, past) crankled (past)

Phrases

crinkle-crankle

Rhymes With

ankle frankl rankle cankle fankle wankle

Questions

How do you pronounce crankle?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹeɪ̯ŋkəl/.
What does crankle mean?
A bend, twist or crinkle.
Where does crankle come from?
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’."

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