crinkle

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: crin=kle

CIDE DICTIONARY

crinkle, v. t. [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.].

 To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.  [1913 Webster]
"The housecrinkled to and fro."  [1913 Webster]
"Her face all bowsy,
Comely crinkled,
Wondrously wrinkled."  [1913 Webster]
"The flames through all the casements pushing forth,
Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes."  [1913 Webster]

crinkle, v. i. 

 To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.  [1913 Webster]
"The green wheat crinkles like a lake."  [1913 Webster]
"And all the rooms
Were full of crinkling silks."  [1913 Webster]

crinkle, n. 

 A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.  [1913 Webster]
"The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

crinkle, n. & v.
--n. a wrinkle or crease in paper, cloth, etc.
--v.
1 intr. form crinkles.
2 tr. form crinkles in.

Idiom

crinkle-cut (of vegetables) cut with wavy edges.

Derivative

crinkly adj.

Etymology

ME f. OE crincan: see CRANK(1)

THESAURUS

crinkle

ambages, anfractuosity, bristle, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, cocker, cockle, contort, convolution, corkscrew, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkling, crumple, flexuosity, flexuousness, fold, furrow, intorsion, intort, involution, knit, knot, meander, meandering, plica, pucker, purse, ridge, rimple, ripple, rivel, rivulation, ruck, ruckle, ruffle, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, serpentine, set on edge, shirr, sinuation, sinuosity, sinuousness, slink, slinkiness, snake, snakiness, swirl, swish, torsion, tortility, tortuosity, tortuousness, turn, turning, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, twisting, undulation, wave, waving, whirl, whish, whorl, wimple, wind, winding, worm, wring, wrinkle

ROGET THESAURUS

crinkle

Angularity

VB bend, fork, bifurcate, crinkle.

Fold

N fold, plicature, plait, pleat, ply, crease, tuck, gather, flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature, gather, wrinkle, rimple, crinkle, crankle, crumple, rumple, rivel, ruck, ruffle, dog's ear, corrugation, frounce, flounce, lapel, pucker, crow's feet, plication, folded, fluted, pleated.

VB fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute, frizzle, frounce, rivel, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple, crumple, pucker, turn down, double down, down under, tuck, ruck, hem, gather.