'Crinkle' definitions:

Definition of 'crinkle'

From: WordNet
noun
A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles" [syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line]
verb
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" [syn: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp]
verb
Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]

Definition of 'Crinkle'

From: GCIDE
  • Crinkle \Crin"kle\, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. [1913 Webster]
  • The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. --A. Tucker. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crinkle'

From: GCIDE
  • Crinkle \Crin"kle\ (kr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (-kl[i^]ng).] [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl. [1913 Webster]
  • The house?s crinkled to and fro. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. --Skelton. [1913 Webster]
  • The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crinkle'

From: GCIDE
  • Crinkle \Crin"kle\, v. i. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The green wheat crinkles like a lake. --L. T. Trowbridge. [1913 Webster]
  • And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'crinkle'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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