crinkle

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkɹɪŋkəl/

Definition of crinkle

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
    “He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.”
    “The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.”
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
    “He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.”
    “The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.”
  2. (intransitive)To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
    “The green wheat crinkles like a lake.”
    “All the rooms were full of crinkling silks.”

noun

  1. A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
    “He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.”
  2. The act of crinkling.

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Etymology

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.

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