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crin⋅kle
[kring-kuh
l] 
verb, -kled, -kling, noun –verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 1. | to wrinkle; crimple; ripple. |
| 2. | to make slight, sharp sounds; rustle. |
| 3. | to turn or wind in many little bends and twists. |
–noun
| 4. | a wrinkle or ripple. |
| 5. | a crinkling sound. |
| 6. | a turn or twist. |
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| crin·kle (krĭng'kəl) v. crin·kled, crin·kling, crin·kles v. intr.
To cause to crinkle. n. A wrinkle, ripple, or fold. [From Middle English crinkled, full of turnings.] crin'kly adj. |
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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. The house?s 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.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. The green wheat crinkles like a lake. --L. T. Trowbridge. And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. --Mrs. Browning.Crinkle
Crin"kle\, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. --A. Tucker.
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Language Translation for : crinkle
Spanish:
arrugar(se),
German:
sich kräuseln,
Japanese:
しわが寄る
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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