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uncrook en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ʌnˈkɹʊk/ (US)

Etymology

From un- + crook.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To bring back from a crooked position.
    • And like them, he worked high on the fretboard, peeling off nimble riffs without ever uncrooking his arm. 2008 February 14, Kelefa Sanneh, “A Band That Cradles Its Rock, Even Under All Those Layers of Expectations”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
uncrooks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
uncrooked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uncrooked Tense=Past lexicographic
uncrooking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic