Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cruckle
Participle: cruckled
Gerund: cruckling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cruckle |
| you | cruckle |
| he;she;it | cruckles |
| we | cruckle |
| you | cruckle |
| they | cruckle |
Perfect
| I | have cruckled |
| you | have cruckled |
| he;she;it | has cruckled |
| we | have cruckled |
| you | have cruckled |
| they | have cruckled |
Past
| I | cruckled |
| you | cruckled |
| he;she;it | cruckled |
| we | cruckled |
| you | cruckled |
| they | cruckled |
Pluperfect
| I | had cruckled |
| you | had cruckled |
| he;she;it | had cruckled |
| we | had cruckled |
| you | had cruckled |
| they | had cruckled |
Future
| I | will cruckle |
| you | will cruckle |
| he;she;it | will cruckle |
| we | will cruckle |
| you | will cruckle |
| they | will cruckle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cruckled |
| you | will have cruckled |
| he;she;it | will have cruckled |
| we | will have cruckled |
| you | will have cruckled |
| they | will have cruckled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cruckle |
| you | cruckle |
| he;she;it | cruckle |
| we | cruckle |
| you | cruckle |
| they | cruckle |
Perfect
| I | have cruckled |
| you | have cruckled |
| he;she;it | have cruckled |
| we | have cruckled |
| you | have cruckled |
| they | have cruckled |
Imperfect
| I | cruckled |
| you | cruckled |
| he;she;it | cruckled |
| we | cruckled |
| you | cruckled |
| they | cruckled |
Pluperfect
| I | had cruckled |
| you | had cruckled |
| he;she;it | had cruckled |
| we | had cruckled |
| you | had cruckled |
| they | had cruckled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cruckle |
| you | would cruckle |
| he;she;it | would cruckle |
| we | would cruckle |
| you | would cruckle |
| they | would cruckle |
Perfect
| I | would have cruckled |
| you | would have cruckled |
| he;she;it | would have cruckled |
| we | would have cruckled |
| you | would have cruckled |
| they | would have cruckled |
Imperative
| you | cruckle |
| we | Let's cruckle |
| you | cruckle |
Verbs conjugated like 'cruckle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cruckle'
chuckle,
crackle,
crunkle,
ruckle,
truckle,
brickle,
buckle,
cackle,
chackle,
cockle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From earlier crookle (“to bend, twist, make crooked”), equivalent to crook (“to bend”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch kreukelen, Low German krökeln. See: Dutch '
kreukelen', Low Saxon 'krökeln'.
Sample Sentences
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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. [2015 November 4, “Woman injured after falling on damaged pavement in Middleton”, in Rochdale Online:]
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As they continued she tried to think what to do and pretended to stumble, after which she faked a slight limp. ¶ ‘Stop pretending to limp.’ ¶ ‘I'm not pretending. I twisted my foot when I cruckled.’ [2017, Anna Jacobs, One Quiet Woman, Hachette UK:]
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The slip said: "Holly cruckled whilst running" and he had no idea what it meant. […] Apparently, as many of you will already know, it means 'going over on your ankle'. [2018 October 23, Emma Gill, “Is it a Rochdale thing? The school accident slip that left Holly's London dad absolutely baffled”, in Manchester Evening News:]