rumple

[ ruhm-puhl ]
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verb (used with object),rum·pled, rum·pling.
  1. to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper.

  2. to ruffle; tousle (sometimes followed by up): The wind rumpled her hair.

verb (used without object),rum·pled, rum·pling.
  1. to become wrinkled or crumpled: Tissue rumples easily.

noun
  1. a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.

Origin of rumple

1
1595–1605; <Dutch rompelen (v.), rompel (noun)

Other words for rumple

Other words from rumple

  • un·rum·pled, adjective

Words Nearby rumple

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How to use rumple in a sentence

  • "It is not the woman at all," here rumple waved the old jacket with a tragic air.

    The Adventurous Seven | Bessie Marchant

British Dictionary definitions for rumple

rumple

/ (ˈrʌmpəl) /


verb
  1. to make or become wrinkled, crumpled, ruffled, or dishevelled

noun
  1. a wrinkle, fold, or crease

Origin of rumple

1
C17: from Middle Dutch rompelen; related to Old English gerumpen creased, wrinkled

Derived forms of rumple

  • rumply, adjective

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