crinkle

v., -kled, -kling, -kles.

v.intr.

1. To form wrinkles or ripples.
2. To make a soft crackling sound; rustle.

v.tr.
To cause to crinkle.

n.
A wrinkle, ripple, or fold.

[From Middle English crinkled, full of turnings.]

crinkly crin'kly adj.

verb

To make irregular folds in, especially by pressing or twisting: crease, crimp, crumple, rimple, rumple, wrinkle. See smooth/rough.

noun

1. An indentation or seam on the skin, especially on the face: crease, furrow, line, wrinkle. See smooth/rough.
2. A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another: crease, crimp, crumple, fold, pleat, plica, plication, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, wrinkle. See smooth/rough.

v

Definition: crumple, ruffle
Antonyms: straighten

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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
  Synonyms: wrinkle, furrow, crease, seam, line

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The verb crinkle has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface
  Synonyms: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp

Meaning #2: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
  Synonyms: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - rynke, foldes
v. tr. - danne rynker i
n. - rynke, fold, krusning

Nederlands (Dutch)
kreuk(elen)

Français (French)
v. intr. - gaufrer, plisser (yeux)
v. tr. - se froisser, se plisser
n. - ride, pli

Deutsch (German)
v. - knittern, knicken, sich wellen
n. - Knitterfalte, Fältchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τσαλακώνω, στραπατσάρω, πτυχώνω, σουφρώνω
n. - τσαλάκωμα, ζάρα, λεπτή πτυχή, σούφρα

Italiano (Italian)
sgualcire, spiegazzare, far crepitare, grinza, pieghetta

Português (Portuguese)
v. - enrugar
n. - ruga (f)

Русский (Russian)
морщиться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - arrugarse, formar arrugas
v. tr. - arrugar
n. - arruga

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vecka, krusa, böja i sicksack
n. - veck, bukt, våg (i hår)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
起绉, 沙沙作响, 卷曲, 使绉, 使沙沙作响, 使卷曲, 绉, 波纹, 缩, 沙沙声

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 起縐, 沙沙作響, 捲曲
v. tr. - 使縐, 使沙沙作響, 使捲曲
n. - 縐, 波紋, 縮, 沙沙聲

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 곱슬하게 하다, 우그러들다, 바스럭 거리다
v. tr. - 오그라들다, 주춤하다, 바스락거리다
n. - 주름, 바스락거리는 소리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - しわが寄る, たじろぐ, しわ寄らせる, しわを寄せる
n. - しわ, 縮れ, かさかさいう音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) جعد, طوى (الاسم) تجعيدة, ثنيه, طويه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התקמט‬
v. tr. - ‮קימט‬
n. - ‮קמט, קיפול‬

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