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rumple

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rum⋅ple

  [ruhm-puhl] verb, -pled, -pling, noun
Use rumple in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
3. to become wrinkled or crumpled: Tissue rumples easily.
–noun
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)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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