rumple
To make wrinkled, particularly fabricTo make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» 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
drjuly · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
I'll rumple my bedsheets so it looks like I was here last night.
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мятьmjatʹ, смятьsmjatʹ, ко́мкатьkómkatʹ
(transitive)To muss; to tousle.
- become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
- to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
- disturb the smoothness of
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.
Translations
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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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Forms
rumples, rumpling, rumpled, rumpledSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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