uncrook
US/ʌnˈkɹʊk/
uncrook verb: to bring back from a crooked position.
Verb
uncrook (third-person singular simple present uncrooks, present participle uncrooking, simple past and past participle uncrooked)
- 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 of uncrook
| third-person singular present | uncrooks |
|---|---|
| present participle | uncrooking |
| past participle | uncrooked |
| past | uncrooked |
Origin of uncrook
From un- + crook.
Words that rhyme with uncrook
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- blook
- brooke
- logbook
- stook
- jook
- mistook
- overcook
- shook
- sook
- talk like a book
- took
- undercook
- abrook
- betook
- bring to book
- by hook and by crook
- by hook or by crook
- checkbook
- cheque book
- chequebook
- Corner Brook
- forsook
- Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook
- gook
- Hughes Brook
- Knook
- log book
- log-book
- Main Brook
- mook
- overtook
- partook
- quook
- schnook
- shnook
- South Brook
- Steady Brook
- undertook
Questions about uncrook
- What does uncrook mean?
- Uncrook means to bring back from a crooked position.
- What part of speech is uncrook?
- Uncrook is a verb.
- How do you pronounce uncrook?
- Uncrook is pronounced /ʌnˈkɹʊk/ (US).
- What is the past tense of uncrook?
- The past tense of uncrook is uncrooked.
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