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verb
To stumble after inverting or everting one's foot; to roll (but not necessarily sprain) one's ankle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
Qualifier: Rochdale
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From earlier crookle (“to bend, twist, make crooked”), equivalent to crook (“to bend”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch kreukelen, Low German krökeln.
