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单词 crink
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crinkn.

Brit. /krɪŋk/, U.S. /krɪŋk/
Forms: 1500s 1800s– crink, 1500s–1600s (1800s– English regional) krink.
Origin: Apparently either (i) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or perhaps (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: crinkle n.1
Etymology: Apparently either shortened < crinkle n.1 (although attested slightly earlier), or perhaps the reflex of a noun ultimately < the same base (see discussion at crinkle v.1). Compare crank n.2
1. An intricate, esp. deceptive, turn or twist of thought, speech, etc.; an intricate deception or sleight. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception
wrenchc888
swikec893
braida1000
craftOE
wile1154
crookc1175
trokingc1175
guile?c1225
hocket1276
blink1303
errorc1320
guileryc1330
sleightc1340
knackc1369
deceitc1380
japec1380
gaudc1386
syllogism1387
mazec1390
mowa1393
train?a1400
trantc1400
abusionc1405
creekc1405
trickc1412
trayc1430
lirtc1440
quaint?a1450
touch1481
pawka1522
false point?1528
practice1533
crink1534
flim-flamc1538
bobc1540
fetcha1547
abuse1551
block1553
wrinklec1555
far-fetch?a1562
blirre1570
slampant1577
ruse1581
forgery1582
crank1588
plait1589
crossbite1591
cozenage1592
lock1598
quiblin1605
foist1607
junt1608
firk1611
overreach?1615
fob1622
ludification1623
knick-knacka1625
flam1632
dodge1638
gimcrack1639
fourbe1654
juggle1664
strategy1672
jilt1683
disingenuity1691
fun1699
jugglementa1708
spring1753
shavie1767
rig?1775
deception1794
Yorkshire bite1795
fakement1811
fake1829
practical1833
deceptivity1843
tread-behind1844
fly1861
schlenter1864
Sinonism1864
racket1869
have1885
ficelle1890
wheeze1903
fast one1912
roughie1914
spun-yarn trick1916
fastie1931
phoney baloney1933
fake-out1955
okey-doke1964
mind-fuck1971
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > use of conceits > conceit
crink1534
conceit1589
knack1605
conception1643
concetto1692
1534 L. Smyth Let. 15 July (P.R.O.: SP3/13/110) He seith they ar better to marr a good & trew matter then to make yt wt suche crinkes in the law.
1577 J. Ludham tr. A. Hyperius Pract. Preaching i. xiii. f. 35 Take..heede..that his confutation..bee without ostentation of deceytfull crinkes of Logicke.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xv. 89 Such a crink was practised against mee.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xx. 358 To take away the doubts, and to auoyde the krinks inuented anew by certeine Libertines.
2. A twist, bend, or crook. Cf. crank n.2 1.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s)
folda1250
windinga1387
wrinkling1387
revolution?a1425
wrinkle1430
crink1567
crank1572
cringle-crangle1573
crinkle1596
crankle1598
crinkle-crankle1598
meander1603
anfractuosity1612
ins and outs1655
sinuationa1676
insinuationa1684
anfractus1719
sinuosity1720
flexuosity1737
evolution1765
cringle1808
wriggle1825
voluminosity1841
squiggle1902
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 98 A house with many nookes and krinks.
1827 J. W. Loudon Mummy! I. ix. 212 I've got my living showing them [sc. the pyramids] these fifty years, man and boy; and I know every crink and cranny of them.
a1833 A. Picken Black Watch (1834) I. v. 69 You must manage, by crink or by crank, to get Duncan M'Naughton slipped from the inside to the outside of the old jail.
1867 W. Bramhall in Rep. Artisans Visit Paris Universal Exhib. i. 39 Paring it [sc. saw-steel] like paper, true as a line, and void of crinks.
a1904 I. Moore Talks in Libr. with Laurence Hutton (1905) i. 25 He..used professional terms..which would have made my hair curl if there had been the slightest disposition to wave or crink in its composition.
2006 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 14 Nov. It's like feeding a long sheet of paper through a copy machine without guiding it properly... The longer they are and more it has crinks in it, the harder it is to go through.
3. A furrow, channel, or crevice, esp. a winding one. rare (English regional (south-western) in later use).
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 188/1 Gutters are the Slifters, or Krinks, in the beam of a Stags horn.
1890 S. Baring-Gould Old Country Life iii. 65 Folds in and out of the crinks and crannies, like chain mail.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Crink, a crevice or crack.
4. regional. crinks and cranks: twisting or contorting of the body, induced by pain; (by metonymy) aches and pains. Now rare.
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1865 A. C. Ritchie Fairy Fingers xlviii. 395 What crinks and cranks he's got. Sick folk always have crumpled ways.
1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases at Cranks A person is said to be full of ‘crinks and cranks’ when generally complaining of ill health.
1920 W. C. Mitchell in L. S. Mitchell Two Lives (1953) iv. xviii. 312 Despite the strain of the three-day trip, they had no crink cranks, and this morning they seem as fresh as the violets in the grass—with just one mosquito bite showing on Jack's face.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

crinkv.1

Brit. /krɪŋk/, U.S. /krɪŋk/
Origin: Apparently either (i) an imitative or expressive formation. Or (ii) perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: creak v.; crick v.1
Etymology: Apparently imitative, or perhaps a variant or alteration of creak v. or crick v.1 Compare slightly later crinkle v.2
Now rare.
intransitive. To emit a sharp, thin sound. Cf. crick v.1
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > whistle or chirp
whistlec1000
wlitec1200
pipec1275
chirkc1386
chirtc1386
pulea1398
whitter1513
cheepa1522
peep1534
churtle1570
chipper1593
crick1601
grill1688
crink1781
yeep1834
chip1868
1781 G. White Jrnl. 2 May (1970) xvi. 185 Field-crickets crink: this note is very summer-like, & chearful.
1831 J. Rennie Insect Misc. i. iv. 77 Shakespeare's cricket,..by no means sparing of its stridulous music, instantly ceases to crink the moment it hears a foot fall.
1860 P. H. Gosse Evenings at Microscope v. 99 The insect when it crinks, brings the shank up to its thigh, and rubs both to and fro against the wing-sheaths.
1980 J. Eleazer in B. L. Cooper Pop. Music Perspectives (1991) ii. 29 Why is it that your switch engine has to..crink and quiver and rumble and roar and rattle and yell and smoke and smell and shriek like hell all night long?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

crinkv.2

Brit. /krɪŋk/, U.S. /krɪŋk/
Origin: Probably either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Or (iii) a word inherited from Germanic. Etymons: crink n.; crinkle v.1
Etymology: Probably either < crink n., or shortened < crinkle v.1, or the reflex of a parallel formation < the same base (see discussion at crinkle v.1). Compare earlier crinking n.1
1. transitive. To bend, twist; to form into furrows or wrinkles; to crinkle. Also intransitive with up.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease
frounce1390
frumple1398
crunklec1400
plighta1425
crinklec1430
crimple1440
rimple1440
rivel1543
wrinkle1543
crease1588
shrivel1609
befrumple1611
frowze1611
wrimple1611
pucker1616
furl1689
ruck1706
runkle1720
crink1821
furrow1853
crumple1858
ruckle1866
bumfle1911
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 93 As the wakening wind..o'er the water crink'd the curdled wave.
1867 W. Bramhall in Rep. Artisans Visit Paris Universal Exhib. i. 41 These saws are set with a gauge, deep into, crinking and deforming the blades.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) When a man bends a piece of iron by hammering it he is said to crink it.
1923 Warren (Pa.) Morning Mirror 29 Mar. 14/3 My hands ache an' sort o' crink up, Seems like my fingers won't cum straight.
1971 M. S. Harper Hist. is your own Heartbeat i. xiii. 21 Truckers crinking their necks for the perfect wingshot.
2003 Lancaster (Pa.) New Era (Nexis) 17 Nov. I sat there, slumped and forlorn, my butt crinking that white sanitary paper they spread like a table runner, and read the posters on ear problems and joint arthritis.
2. transitive. = crick v.2 rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > affect with muscular disorder [verb (transitive)] > sprain or strain
wrench1530
wrestc1550
strain1612
sprain1622
wrincha1625
rick1638
subluxate1743
turn1758
throw1790
wramp1808
vert1883
stave1887
crink1888
wrick1904
pull1908
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Crink, to twist, or wrench painfully. ‘I've crinked my neck.’.. When a man bends a piece of iron by hammering it he is said to crink it.
2005 K. M. Moning Spell of Highlander iii. 32 Her neck was crinked from sleeping funny.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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