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cruckle

verb /ˈkɹʊk(ə)l/

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

    intransitive

    The resident, who does not want to be named, was walking along the street on Sunday (1 November) morning when she suddenly cruckled over on her ankle and fell on her hands, resulting in cuts and bruises.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry cruckle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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