crinkle - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'crinkle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crinkle

[ n.]

- A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.

2 . Crinkle

[ v. i.]

- To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

3 . Crinkle

[ v. t.]

- To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

1 . crinkle

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

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2 . crinkle

[ v]

Meaning (2):
- make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

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Meaning (3):
- become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

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