crinkle
to wrinkle; crimple; ripple.
to make slight, sharp sounds; rustle.
to turn or wind in many little bends and twists.
a wrinkle or ripple.
a crinkling sound.
a turn or twist.
Origin of crinkle
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How to use crinkle in a sentence
But, as the crinkled and upturned noses of the techie rich attest, the city has an abundance of street people.
Clean Crack Pipes for All! San Francisco’s Final Social Justice Frontier | Michael Daly | January 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"Husbandry," I began, and her still mending eyebrows crinkled in wonder.
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks | Max Brooks | January 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTI cut a pattern out of tissue paper that rustled and crinkled like an autumn leaf.
But more than once I was paid for my services with a handful of crinkled ones and fives.
More than once I was paid for my services with a handful of crinkled ones and fives.
She took off Benny's little crinkled blouse and one pair of bloomers, and started to hang them on the line.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerLike a scorching hot August breeze the magic, woodsy fragrance crinkled through his nostrils.
Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell AbbottA vivid shaft of lightning crinkled overhead and spread a broad flare of illumination across the sea.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayIt will be a golden frame later on; to-day its blossoms are represented by crinkled buds of the size of a pin's head.
Thirty Years in Australia | Ada CambridgeA deep form is raised more quickly if, at the start, the metal is placed on a crinkling block and the edge crinkled.
Copper Work | Augustus F. Rose
British Dictionary definitions for crinkle
/ (ˈkrɪŋkəl) /
to form or cause to form wrinkles, twists, or folds
to make or cause to make a rustling noise
a wrinkle, twist, or fold
a rustling noise
Origin of crinkle
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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