noun
Meaning 1
A bend, twist or crinkle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
crankle
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkɹæŋkəl/ without æ-raising
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[ˈkhɹwæŋkəl] ~ [ˈkhɹwæŋkl̩] without æ-raising
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Canada, US: /ˈkɹeɪ̯ŋkəl/
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Canada, US: [ˈkhɹweɪ̯ŋkəl] ~ [ˈkhɹweɪ̯ŋkl̩]
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Canada, US: /ˈkɹɛ̃ŋkəl/
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Canada, US: [ˈkhɹwɛ̃ŋkəl] ~ [ˈkhɹwɛ̃ŋkl̩]
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rhymes with -æŋkəl
verb
Meaning 2
To bend, turn, or wind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
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’."