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verb (used with object)
1.
to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper.
2.
to ruffle; tousle (sometimes followed by up): The wind rumpled her hair.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become wrinkled or crumpled: Tissue rumples easily.
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noun
4.
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Dutch rompelen (v.), rompel (noun)
1595–1605; < Dutch rompelen (v.), rompel (noun)
Related forms
un·rum·pled, adjective
Synonyms
1. wrinkle, crease, muss.
1. wrinkle, crease, muss.
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Word Origin & History
rumple
c.1600, possibly a variant of rimple "to wrinkle" (14c.), from O.E. hrympel; possibly influenced by M.Du. rumpelen.
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