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uncrooks

uncrooks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 uncrooks

What is uncrooks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Uncrooks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uncrook.

Words near uncrooks in the dictionary

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

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