rumple
A wrinkleA wrinkle.
» He ran a hand through his habitually rumpled hair, stretching his neck until it cracked.
Er fuhr mit der Hand durch seine gewohnt zerwühlten Haare und reckte den Nacken, bis es knackte. — Yorwba
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1 sensesA wrinkle.
Examples
11 sentencesHe ran a hand through his habitually rumpled hair, stretching his neck until it cracked.
deEr fuhr mit der Hand durch seine gewohnt zerwühlten Haare und reckte den Nacken, bis es knackte. — Yorwba
“Ah, Colonel!” said Holmes, arranging his rumpled collar.
de„Ah, Herr Oberst!“ sagte Holmes, der gerade seinen zerzausten Kragen in Ordnung brachte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ziri doesn't want Rima to go to school all rumpled.
I don’t want Nuja to go to school all rumpled.
He doesn’t want Nuja to go to school all rumpled.
Origin
From Middle English rimplen (“to become wrinkled”). Compare German rumpeln (“to din, to maFrom Middle English rimplen (“to become wrinkled”). Compare German rumpeln (“to din, to make the welkin ring”) and Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”).
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