Meaning of RUMPLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'rumpul
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- [v] become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
- [v] to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"
- [v] disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
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| | Synonyms: | | cockle, crease, crinkle, crumple, crumple, knit, mess up, pucker, ruffle, ruffle up, wrinkle |
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| | See Also: | | crease, crinkle, crisp, disarrange, fold, fold up, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rum"ple\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Rumpled} p. pr. &
vb. n. {Rumpling}.] [Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle,
rompelig rough, uneven, G. r["u]mpfen to wrinkle, MHG.
r["u]mphen, OHG. rimpfan, Gr. "ra`mfos the crooked beak of
birds of prey, ? to roam.]
To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to
wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.
They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled
and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest
assignats. --Burke.
\Rum"ple\, n.
A fold or plait; a wrinkle. --Dryden.
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