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cruckle.

To stumble after inverting or everting one's foot; to roll (but not necessarily sprain) one's ankle.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkɹʊk(ə)l/[ˈkʰɹʊkɫ̩]
  1. To stumble after inverting or everting one's foot; to roll (but not necessarily sprain) one's ankle.

    dialectal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From earlier crookle (“to bend, twist, make crooked”), equivalent to crook (“to bend”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch kreukelen, Low German krökeln.

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