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wrin⋅kle

1  [ring-kuhl] noun, verb, -kled, -kling.
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–noun
1. a small furrow or crease in the skin, esp. of the face, as from aging or frowning.
2. a temporary slight ridge or furrow on a surface, due to contraction, folding, crushing, or the like.
–verb (used with object)
3. to form wrinkles in; corrugate; crease: Don't wrinkle your dress.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become wrinkled.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (n.), back formation from wrinkled, OE gewrinclod, ptp. of gewrinclian to wind round; perh. akin to wrick, wrench
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wrin⋅kle

2  [ring-kuhl]
–noun Informal.
an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME, equiv. to wrinc trick (OE wrenc; see wrench ) + -le
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wrin·kle   (rĭng'kəl)   
n.  

  1. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.

  2. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.

  3. A clever trick, method, or device, especially one that is new and different.

  4. A problem or imperfection; a fault: The report had to be revised because of a few wrinkles.

v.   wrin·kled, wrin·kling, wrin·kles

v.   tr.

  1. To make wrinkles or a wrinkle in.

  2. To draw up into wrinkles; pucker: wrinkled her nose in disdain.

v.   intr.
To form wrinkles.

[Middle English, back-formation from wrinkled, wrinkled, probably from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of gewrinclian, to wind, crease; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
wrin'kly adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
wrinkle

  1. n.
    a new idea; a new aspect of something. : Here's a clever wrinkle for you. Nobody has ever tried this one.
  2. n.
    a minor problem. : A wrinkle has developed in the Wilson proposal.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

wrinkle  (n.)
1387 (in wrinkling), probably from stem of O.E. gewrinclod "wrinkled, crooked, winding," pp. of gewrinclian "to wind, crease," from perfective prefix ge- + -wrinclian "to wind," from P.Gmc. *wrankjan (see wrench (v.)). Meaning "defect, problem" first recorded 1643; that of "idea, device, notion" (especially a new one) is from 1817. The verb is attested from 1528.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1wrin·kle
Pronunciation: 'ri[ng]-k&l
Function: noun
: a small ridge or furrow in the skin especially when due to age, care,or fatigue

Main Entry: 2wrinkle
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: wrin·kled; wrin·kling /-k(&-)li[ng]/
intransitive senses
: to become marked with or contracted into wrinkles wrinkle transitive senses
: to contract into wrinkles <wrinkled skin>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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