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verb (used with object)
1.
to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
2.
to cause to collapse or give way suddenly: That right hook to the midsection crumpled him.
verb (used without object)
3.
to contract into wrinkles; shrink; shrivel.
4.
to give way suddenly; collapse: The bridge crumpled under the weight of the heavy trucks.
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Crumpling
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noun
5.
an irregular fold or wrinkle produced by crumpling.
Related forms
crum·ply, adjective
un·crum·pling, adjective
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crumple
c.1300, crumplen, freq. of crumpen "to curl up," from O.E. crump "bent, crooked."
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