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coil
To wind in concentric rings or spirals.
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  1. To wind in concentric rings or spirals.
  2. To wind or gather (rope, a hose, etc.) into a circular or spiral form
  3. To wind into a shape resembling a coil.
wind
To expose to the wind or air, as for drying; air
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  1. To expose to the wind or air, as for drying; air
  2. To coil the spring of (a mechanism) by turning a stem or cord, for example:
  3. To blow (a wind instrument).
crease
To graze and injure slightly with a bullet
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  1. To graze and injure slightly with a bullet
  2. To graze or wound superficially with a bullet.
  3. To become wrinkled.
ripple
To flow with such waves or movements on the surface
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  1. To flow with such waves or movements on the surface
  2. To give the effect of rippling water, as by alternately rising and falling
  3. To form or have little waves or undulating movements on the surface, as water or grass stirred by a breeze
crease
To graze and injure slightly with a bullet
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  1. To graze and injure slightly with a bullet
  2. To make a pressed, folded, or wrinkled line in.
  3. To wrinkle; muss
crimp
To pinch together or fold the edge of (one part) tightly over another
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  1. To pinch together or fold the edge of (one part) tightly over another
  2. To cause (hair) to form tight curls or waves.
  3. To mold or bend (leather for shoe uppers, etc.) into shape
crumple
To collapse:
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  1. To collapse:
  2. To fall or break down; collapse
  3. To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple.
rimple
To wrinkle or form wrinkles.
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  1. To wrinkle or form wrinkles.
  2. To wrinkle or crease
rumple
To become wrinkled or creased.
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  1. To become wrinkled or creased.
  2. To wrinkle or form into folds or creases.
  3. To make wrinkled, particularly of fabric.
wrinkle
To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
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  1. To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
  2. To form a wrinkle or wrinkles in, as by contracting; pucker; crease
  3. To draw up into wrinkles; pucker:
crease
(Hockey, Lacrosse) An area marked off by lines in front of or around the goal cage, which cannot be entered by players on the offense except under certain conditions
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  1. (Hockey, Lacrosse) An area marked off by lines in front of or around the goal cage, which cannot be entered by players on the offense except under certain conditions
  2. (Cricket) Any of the lines that mark off the station of the batsman or of the bowler
  3. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
furrow
(Obs.) Plowed land
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  1. (Obs.) Plowed land
  2. A rut, groove, or narrow depression:
  3. A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.
line
The information itself:
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  1. The information itself:
  2. A border or boundary:
  3. (--- Football) A line of scrimmage.
wrinkle
A problem or imperfection:
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  1. A problem or imperfection:
  2. A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
  3. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.
crease
(Hockey, Lacrosse) An area marked off by lines in front of or around the goal cage, which cannot be entered by players on the offense except under certain conditions
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  1. (Hockey, Lacrosse) An area marked off by lines in front of or around the goal cage, which cannot be entered by players on the offense except under certain conditions
  2. A line, mark, or ridge made by folding and pressing cloth, paper, etc.
  3. A fold or wrinkle
crimp
A person who tricks or coerces others into service as sailors or soldiers.
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  1. A person who tricks or coerces others into service as sailors or soldiers.
  2. A person who got men by force or trickery to serve as sailors or soldiers
  3. A crease or bend.
crumple
A crease or wrinkle
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  1. A crease or wrinkle
  2. An irregular fold, crease, or wrinkle.
fold
(Anatomy) A crease or ridge apparently formed by folding, as of a membrane; a plica.
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  1. (Anatomy) A crease or ridge apparently formed by folding, as of a membrane; a plica.
  2. A bend in a layer of rock or in another planar feature such as foliation or the cleavage of a mineral. Folds occur as the result of deformation, usually associated with plate-tectonic forces.
  3. A line or mark made by folding; a crease:
pleat
A flat double fold in cloth or other material, of uniform width and pressed or stitched in place
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  1. A flat double fold in cloth or other material, of uniform width and pressed or stitched in place
plica
(Anat.) A fold or folding, esp. of the skin or mucous membrane
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  1. (Anat.) A fold or folding, esp. of the skin or mucous membrane
plication
(Geol.) A fold or crumpling in layered rocks
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  1. (Geol.) A fold or crumpling in layered rocks
  2. A folding or being folded
  3. A fold.
pucker
A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
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  1. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
  2. A facial expression in which the lips are tightly pulled together and pushed outward.
  3. A fold or wrinkle.
rimple
Wrinkle
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  1. Wrinkle
  2. (Now Rare) Wrinkle; rumple; crease
  3. A fold; a wrinkle.
ruck
(Sports) A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball dropped by a tackled ball carrier, with each player attempting to gain possession of the ball by kicking it to a teammate.
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  1. (Sports) A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball dropped by a tackled ball carrier, with each player attempting to gain possession of the ball by kicking it to a teammate.
  2. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.
  3. Crease, fold, wrinkle, or pucker
rumple
An irregular or untidy crease.
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  1. An irregular or untidy crease.
  2. An uneven fold or crease
wrinkle
A line or crease in the skin, as from age.
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  1. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.
  2. A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
  3. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.
Find another word for crinkle. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for crinkle, like: coil, wind, crease, ripple, fold, wrinkle, crease, crimp, crumple, rimple and rumple.

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  • The scent of rain and oil made her nose crinkle after so long in the condo.

  • The new bags provide a room-filling amplified crinkle much louder than traditional bags when touched.

  • Dogs also like to hear the crinkle sound of the plastic when they catch it or paw it.

  • East of Wasdale lies the range of Scafell (q.v.), its chief points being Scafell (3162 ft.), Scafell Pike (3210), Lingmell (2649) and Great End (2984), while the line is continued over Esk Hause Pass (2490) along a fine line of heights (Bow Fell, 2960; Crinkle Crags, 2816), to embrace the head of Eskdale.

  • These are some basic items you'll need for work and forgetting them might put a crinkle in your budgeting.

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