Dictionary

crankle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹeɪ̯ŋkəl/ (Canada, US)
• /ˈkɹæŋkəl/ without æ-raising
• [ˈkʰɹʷɛ̃ŋkəl] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷɛ̃ŋkl̩] (Canada, US)
• [ˈkʰɹʷæŋkəl] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷæŋkl̩] without æ-raising
• /ˈkɹɛ̃ŋkəl/ (Canada, US)
• [ˈkʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋkəl] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋkl̩] (Canada, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

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’."

Meanings

1. A bend, twist or crinkle.

Forms

Deriveds

crinkle-crankle

crankle en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹeɪ̯ŋkəl/ (Canada, US)
• /ˈkɹæŋkəl/ without æ-raising
• [ˈkʰɹʷɛ̃ŋkəl] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷɛ̃ŋkl̩] (Canada, US)
• [ˈkʰɹʷæŋkəl] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷæŋkl̩] without æ-raising
• /ˈkɹɛ̃ŋkəl/ (Canada, US)
• [ˈkʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋkəl] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋkl̩] (Canada, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

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’."

Meanings

1. To bend, turn, or wind.
   • Along the crankling path. 1603, Michael Drayton, The Barons' Wars:
   • Meander, who is said so intricate to bee, Hath not so many turnes, nor crankling nookes as shee. 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 7 p. 105:
2. To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.
   • Old Vaga's stream […] drew her humid train aslope, / Crankling her banks. 1708, John Philips, Cyder:

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