crinkle
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
crinkle (third-person singular simple present crinkles, present participle crinkling, simple past and past participle crinkled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
- He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
- The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.
- (intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
- 1908, John Townsend Trowbridge, Vagabonds and other poems:
- The green wheat crinkles like a lake.
- 1856, Elizabeth Browning, Aurora Leigh:
- All the rooms were full of crinkling silks.
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Translations edit
to fold, crease, crumple, or wad
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Noun edit
crinkle (plural crinkles)
- A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
- He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.
- The act of crinkling
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wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness