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rimple
[ rim-puhl ]
/ ˈrɪm pəl /
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noun
a wrinkle.
verb (used with or without object), rim·pled, rim·pling.
to wrinkle; crumple; crease.
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Origin of rimple
1400–50; late Middle English; compare Middle Dutch, Middle Low German rimpel; akin to rumple
Words nearby rimple
rimmed, rimmed steel, Rimmer, rimose, Rimouski, rimple, rimrock, Rimsky-Korsakov, rimstone, rimu, rimy
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How to use rimple in a sentence
It's only skin-deep; just on the surface, like a cat's-paw on the water; it's nothin' but a rimple like, and no more.