crinkle
/'kriɳkl/
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Definition
Noun:
- A small, often irregular fold, ridge, or crease, especially in a surface like skin, paper, or fabric.
- A slight depression or line that breaks an otherwise smooth surface.
Verb:
- To form or cause to form small folds, wrinkles, or ripples.
- To become or make something slightly crumpled or creased.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The old map was covered in crinkles from being folded for years.
- She smiled, and a friendly crinkle appeared at the corner of her eye.
Verb:
- The foil wrapper will crinkle if you squeeze it.
- Please don't crinkle the important documents.
Advanced Usage
- "to crinkle one's nose": to wrinkle one's nose slightly, often expressing distaste, thought, or a reaction to a smell.
- She crinkled her nose at the strong odor.
- Describing sound: The verb can describe a light, crackling or rustling sound.
- The dry leaves crinkled under our feet.
Variants and Related Words
- Crinkly (adj): Full of crinkles; having a wrinkled or wavy texture.
- The crinkly texture of the potato chips.
- Crinkled (adj): Having crinkles; wrinkled.
- He held out a crinkled piece of paper.
Synonyms
- Noun: wrinkle, crease, fold, line, ridge, rumple.
- Verb: wrinkle, crease, crumple, rumple, pucker, ruffle.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases
- Crinkle up: To crush or squeeze something so that it becomes full of crinkles.
- He crinkled up the candy wrapper and threw it away.
Related Idioms
- While not a common idiom itself, "crinkle" often appears in descriptive phrases related to eyes and smiles, conveying warmth or age.
- His eyes crinkled with laughter.
Noun
- a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
- his face has many lines
- ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
Verb
- become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
- This fabric won't wrinkle
- make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
- The dress got wrinkled
- crease the paper like this to make a crane