crinkle
A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevennessA wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
» The dress will get crinkled on the way to the ceremony.
Meaning
3 sensesA wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.
Falte, Fältchen
The act of crinkling.
Chocolate crinkle; a type of cookie made of primarily cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and water
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
Examples
4 sentencesThe dress will get crinkled on the way to the ceremony.
I hate the sound that cellophane makes when you crinkle it.
deIch hasse das Geräusch von Frischhaltefolie, wenn man sie zerknüllt.
His face was all crinkled and puckered like a withered apple.
My dog goes crazy when she hears the bag of dog food crinkle.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentatiFrom Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe.
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