| Crankle 1. (v. t.) To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. 2. (v. i.) To bend, turn, or wind. 3. (n.) A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle. Thesaurus Entries bezel, broken ground, broken water, chamfer, chase, chink, chop, cockle, corduroy, corduroy road, crack, crankle, cranny, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, cut, dado, engraving, flute, fluting, fold, furrow, gash, goose bumps, goose pimples, gooseflesh, gouge, groove, horripilation, incision, lop, microgroove, plica, pucker, rabbet, ridge, rifling, rimple, ripple, rivel, rough, ruck, rumple, rut, sandpaper, score, scratch, slit, streak, stria, striation, sulcation, sulcus, washboard, well-worn groove, wimple, wrinkle |