crinkle
About 0.08 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
- verb To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
- noun A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.
- noun The act of crinkling.
- noun Chocolate crinkle; a type of cookie made of primarily cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and water
Similar words
scrunch rumple ruckle crumple crease wrinkle crisp seam furrow line
Often followed by
of virus and in up at the crags with
Word family
crinkled crinkles crinklier crinkliest crinkling crinkly
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