crinkle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
    crease; seam; line; wrinkle; furrow.
    • his face has many lines
    • ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
  2. verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
    scrunch; crisp; crease; ruckle; wrinkle; scrunch up.
    • The dress got wrinkled
    • crease the paper like this to make a crane
  3. verb become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
    rumple; crumple; wrinkle; crease.
    • This fabric won't wrinkle

WordNet

Crin"kle transitive verb
Etymology
A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Crinkled present participle & verbal noun Crinkling
Definitions
  1. To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.
    The hous crinkled to and fro. Chaucer.
    Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. Skelton.
    The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning.
Crin"kle intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To turn or wind; ti run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in wavws; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
    The green wheat crinkles like a lake. L. T. Trowbridge.
    And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. Mrs. Browning.
Crin"kle noun
Definitions
  1. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
    The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker.

Webster 1913