rumple
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rum·ple 
[ruhm-puhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -pled, -pling, noun
[ruhm-puhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -pled, -pling, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper. |
| 2. | to ruffle; tousle (sometimes fol. by up): The wind rumpled her hair. |
| 3. | to become wrinkled or crumpled: Tissue rumples easily. |
| 4. | a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease. |
[Origin: 1595–1605; < D rompelen (v.), rompel (n.)]
] —Synonyms 1. wrinkle, crease, muss.
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| rum·ple
(rŭm'pəl) Pronunciation Key
v. rum·pled, rum·pling, rum·ples v. tr. To wrinkle or form into folds or creases. v. intr. To become wrinkled or creased. n. An irregular or untidy crease. [Perhaps Dutch rompelen, from Middle Dutch rumpelen.] rum'ply adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
rumple (v.)
rumple (v.)
1603, possibly a variant of rimple "to wrinkle" (14c.), from O.E. hrympel; possibly influenced by M.Du. rumpelen.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| rumple | |
verb | |
| 1. | disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" [syn: ruffle] |
| 2. | to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: pucker] |
| 3. | become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Rumple
Rim"ple\, n. [AS. hrimpele, or rimpel. See Rumple.] A fold or wrinkle. See Rumple.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Rumple
Rip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rippling.] [Cf. Rimple, Rumple.]1. To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain. 2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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