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uncrooking

uncrooking is the present participle and gerund of uncrook.

Meaning of uncrook

Verb

uncrook (third-person singular simple present uncrooks, present participle uncrooking, simple past and past participle uncrooked)

  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

Questions about uncrooking

What is uncrooking the present participle and gerund of?
Uncrooking is the present participle and gerund of uncrook.

Words near uncrooking in the dictionary

  1. uncritiquable
  2. uncritiqued
  3. uncrocheted
  4. uncrook
  5. uncrooked
  6. uncrooking
  7. uncrooks
  8. uncrop
  9. uncropped
  10. uncropping
  11. uncrops

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