crumple
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”),from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English crump (“crooked”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
crumple (plural crumples)
Verb
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- (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
- (transitive) To cause to collapse.
- (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
- (intransitive, figurative) To collapse.
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Translations
to rumple
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to cause to collapse
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to become wrinkled
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to collapse
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “crumple”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.