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crumply
[
kruhm
-p
uh
l
]
Origin
crum·ple
/
ˈkrʌm
pəl
/
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[
kruhm
-p
uh
l
]
Show IPA
verb,
-pled,
-pling,
noun
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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noun
5.
an irregular fold or wrinkle produced by crumpling.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English;
variant of
crimple
Related forms
crum·ply,
adjective
un·crum·pling,
adjective
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crumple
(ˈkrʌmp
ə
l)
—
vb
(when
intr,
often foll by
up
) (when
tr,
often foll by
up
)
1.
to collapse or cause to collapse:
his courage crumpled
2.
to crush or cause to be crushed so as to form wrinkles or creases
3.
(
intr
) to shrink; shrivel
—
n
4.
a loose crease or wrinkle
[C16: from obsolete
crump
to bend; related to Old High German
krimpfan
to wrinkle, Old Norse
kreppa
to contract]
'crumply
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
crumple
c.1300, crumplen, freq. of crumpen "to curl up," from O.E. crump "bent, crooked."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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