crinkum-crankum
noun
crin·kum-cran·kum
¦kriŋkəm¦kraŋkəm
plural -s
archaic
: something full of twists and turns : a thing fancifully or excessively intricate and elaborate
Word History
Etymology
alteration (influenced by Latin nouns ending in -um) of crinkle-crankle
First Known Use
1670, in the meaning defined above
- stars in one's eyes
- starshake
- starshine
- starship
- starships
- starshoot
- starshot
- starstone
- starstruck
- start
- start a family
- start a new trend
- start a trend
- start anything
- start from scratch
- start in
- start in on
- start off
- start off on the right foot
- start off on the wrong foot
- start on
- start on at
- start out
- start over
- start something