Definitions of crinkle [ˈkrɪŋ kəl]

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Definition of 'crinkle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) crinkle
to wrinkle; ripple.

2.  crinkle
to make or cause to make slight, sharp sounds; rustle.

3.  crinkle
to bend or twist.

4. (n.) crinkle
a wrinkle or ripple.

5.  crinkle
a crinkling sound.

6.  crinkle
a turn or twist.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME; akin to OE crincan to bend, yield, D krinkelen to crinkle; see cringe , -le)

Definition of 'crinkle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
"his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

2. (verb) wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
"The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"

3. (verb) rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
"This fabric won't wrinkle"

Definition of 'crinkle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) crinkle
a winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity

2. (verb) crinkle
to form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl

3. (verb) crinkle
to turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved

Translation of 'crinkle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) wrinkle or curl The paper is too crinkled for use in my computer's printer.
Afrikaans: frommel, kreukel, krinkel	Arabic: يُجَعَّد، يَتَجَعَّـد	Bulgarian: набръчквам (се)
Brazilian: enrugar	Czech: zkroutit se	German: sich kräuseln
Danish: krølle	Greek: ζαρώνω	Spanish: arrugar(se)
Estonian: kortsutama, kurrutama	Farsi: چروکیده کردن؛ مچاله کردن	Finnish: rypistyä
French: se froisser	Hebrew: לְקֵמט	Hindi: सिकुड़न डालना या पड़ना
Croatian: izgužvati	Hungarian: (össze)gyűr	Indonesian: mengerut
Icelandic: krumpa(st)	Italian: sgualcire, spiegazzare	Japanese: しわが寄る
Korean: 구기다	Lithuanian: su(si)raukšlėti, su(si)gl	Latvian: izliekties; krokoties
Malay: renyuk	Dutch: rimpelen	Norwegian: rynke(s), krølle(s), krus
Polish: marszczyć (się)	Persian: چروکیده کردن؛ مچاله کردن	Pashto: ګونجی ګونجی کول، کوت کوت
Portuguese: enrugar-se	Romanian: a seîncreţi	Russian: мять(ся)
Slovak: skrčiť sa	Slovenian: mečkati (se)	Serbian: zgužvati se
Swedish: vecka (rynka, skrynkla, k	Thai: ทำให้เป็นรอยย่นหรือลอน	Turkish: kırışmak
Taiwanese: (使)起皺或捲起	Ukrainian: морщити(ся); завивати(ся)	Urdu: شكن
Vietnamese: làm nhàu	Chinese: 使起皱
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