rumple
to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper.
to ruffle; tousle (sometimes followed by up): The wind rumpled her hair.
to become wrinkled or crumpled: Tissue rumples easily.
a wrinkle or irregular fold; crease.
Origin of rumple
1Other 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
Indeed, with his innocent eyes and rumple of dark curly hair, he did.
Mrs. Aymer laid down her knitting, and came forward to rumple her John's hair affectionately, and deposit a kiss on his forehead.
Pippin; A Wandering Flame | Laura E. RichardsDo not rumple that dainty lace pillow-sham, nor strew your clothing over every chair and sofa, to the irritation of the mistress.
Harper's Young People, November 2, 1880 | VariousI should have had to rumple it all up bringing it home, and I don't believe I'd had a chance to wear it.
A Little Girl in Old Boston | Amanda Millie DouglasI was goin' t' warn you to rumple up your hair a little so you wouldn't feel overdressed w'en you got there.
Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed | Edna Ferber
"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
/ (ˈrʌmpəl) /
to make or become wrinkled, crumpled, ruffled, or dishevelled
a wrinkle, fold, or crease
Origin of rumple
1Derived forms of rumple
- rumply, adjective
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