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Another word for crinkle

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Verb

  1. To make irregular folds in, especially by pressing or twisting

      1. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.
      2. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.
      3. A different or unexpected development, action, or idea:
      1. To wrinkle or form into folds or creases.
      2. To make unkempt or untidy.
      3. To become wrinkled or creased.
      1. A fold; a wrinkle.
      2. To wrinkle or form wrinkles.
      1. To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple.
      2. To cause to collapse.
      3. To become wrinkled.
      1. To press or pinch into small regular folds or ridges:
      2. To bend or mold (leather) into shape.
      3. To cause (hair) to form tight curls or waves.
      1. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
      2. In hockey, an area marked in front of the goal in which an offensive player can score a goal only if the puck reaches the area before the player does.
      3. In lacrosse, the circle marked around the goal into which offensive players cannot enter.
    See also:

    smooth

Noun

  1. An indentation or seam on the skin, especially on the face

      1. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.
      2. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.
      3. A different or unexpected development, action, or idea:
      1. A geometric figure formed by a point moving along a fixed direction and the reverse direction.
      2. A thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface.
      3. A similar mark cut or scratched into a surface.
      1. A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.
      2. A rut, groove, or narrow depression:
      3. A deep wrinkle in the skin, as on the forehead.
      1. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
      2. In hockey, an area marked in front of the goal in which an offensive player can score a goal only if the puck reaches the area before the player does.
      3. In lacrosse, the circle marked around the goal into which offensive players cannot enter.
    See also:

    smooth

  2. A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another

      1. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.
      2. A line or crease in the skin, as from age.
      3. A different or unexpected development, action, or idea:
      1. To wrinkle or form into folds or creases.
      2. To make unkempt or untidy.
      3. To become wrinkled or creased.
      1. A multitude; a throng.
      2. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.
      3. People who are followers, not leaders.
      1. A fold; a wrinkle.
      2. To wrinkle or form wrinkles.
      1. To gather into small wrinkles or folds:
      2. To become gathered, contracted, and wrinkled.
      3. A wrinkle or wrinkled part, as in tightly stitched cloth.
      1. The act or process of folding.
      2. The state of being folded.
      3. A fold.
      1. A fold or ridge, as of skin, membrane, or shell.
      1. A fold in cloth made by doubling the material upon itself and then pressing or stitching it into place.
      2. To press or arrange in pleats:
      1. To bend over or double up so that one part lies on another part:
      2. To make compact by doubling or bending over parts:
      3. To bring from an extended to a closed position:
      1. To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple.
      2. To cause to collapse.
      3. To become wrinkled.
      1. To press or pinch into small regular folds or ridges:
      2. To bend or mold (leather) into shape.
      3. To cause (hair) to form tight curls or waves.
      1. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
      2. In hockey, an area marked in front of the goal in which an offensive player can score a goal only if the puck reaches the area before the player does.
      3. In lacrosse, the circle marked around the goal into which offensive players cannot enter.
    See also:

    smooth

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Another word for crinkle

Verb
      1. To form or display little undulations or waves on the surface, as disturbed water does.
      2. To flow with such undulations or waves on the surface.
      3. To rise and fall gently in tone or volume.
      1. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling.
      2. In hockey, an area marked in front of the goal in which an offensive player can score a goal only if the puck reaches the area before the player does.
      3. In lacrosse, the circle marked around the goal into which offensive players cannot enter.
      1. Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground.
      2. A movement of air generated artificially, as by bellows or a fan.
      3. The direction from which a movement of air comes:
      1. A series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding:
      2. An individual spiral or ring within such a series.
      3. A spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes, as in a radiator.
    See also:

    wrinkle

    fold

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Sentence Examples

  • 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.

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