wrinkled
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kəl noun
1.
a small furrow or crease in the skin, especially 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.
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wrinkle1 (ˈrɪŋkəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a slight ridge in the smoothness of a surface, such as a crease in the skin as a result of age |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to make or become wrinkled, as by crumpling, creasing, or puckering |
| [C15: back formation from wrinkled, from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of wrinclian to wind around; related to Swedish vrinka to sprain, Lithuanian reñgti to twist. See | |
| 'wrinkleless1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'wrinkly1 | |
| —adj | |
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| wrinkle2 (ˈrɪŋkəl) | |
| —n | |
| informal a clever or useful trick, hint, or dodge | |
| [Old English wrenc trick; related to Middle Low German wrank struggle, Middle High German ranc sudden turn. See | |
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Word Origin & History
wrinkle
late 14c. (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 1640s;
that of "idea, device, notion" (especially a new one) is from 1817. The verb is attested from 1520s.
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wrinkle definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
He wore his derby on the back of his head, and his red face was wrinkled with meaningless laughter.
Eggs taper at one end and the inner membrane may be wrinkled.
He got dressed in silence, he made sure his tie was straight and his jacket wasn't wrinkled.
The wrapper or covering shall be neat and shall adequately and securely envelop the cheese, but may be slightly wrinkled.
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