rumple

rumple
Synonyms and related words:
agitate, beat, beat up, bristle, churn, churn up, clutter, cocker, cockle, convulse, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crumple, crush, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disquiet, disturb, excite, ferment, flurry, fold, fret, furrow, knit, knot, litter, mess, mess up, misarrange, muss, muss up, paddle, perturb, perturbate, pucker, purse, ridge, rile, rimple, ripple, rivel, roil, roughen, ruck, ruckle, ruffle, scatter, screw, scrunch, set on edge, shake, shake up, shirr, stir, stir up, swirl, tousle, trouble, upset, whip, whip up, whisk, wimple, work up, wrinkle

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  • Rumple — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rumple — Rum ple, n. A fold or plait; a wrinkle. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rumple — (v.) c.1600, possibly a variant of rimple to wrinkle (14c.), from O.E. hrympel; possibly influenced by M.Du. rumpelen. Related: Rumpled; rumpling …   Etymology dictionary

  • rumple — [v] crush, wrinkle bedraggle, cockle, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, derange, dishevel, disorder, fold, mess up, muss up, pucker, ruck up, ruffle, screw up, scrunch, seam, tousle, wreathe; concepts 137,219,250 Ant. flatten, iron, smooth …   New thesaurus

  • rumple — ► VERB ▪ give a ruffled or dishevelled appearance to. ► NOUN ▪ an untidy state. DERIVATIVES rumpled adjective. ORIGIN originally in the sense «wrinkle»: from Dutch rompel …   English terms dictionary

  • rumple — [rum′pəl] n. [MDu rompel < rompe, a wrinkle, akin to OE hrympel, a wrinkle < IE * (s)kremb , to twist: see SHRIMP] an uneven fold or crease vt., vi. rumpled, rumpling 1. to make rumples (in) 2. to make or become disheveled or tousled rumply …   English World dictionary

  • rumple — [[t]rʌ̱mp(ə)l[/t]] rumples, rumpling, rumpled VERB If you rumple someone s hair, you move your hand backwards and forwards through it as your way of showing affection to them. [V n] I leaned forward to rumple his hair, but he jerked out of the… …   English dictionary

  • rumple — /rum peuhl/, v., rumpled, rumpling, n. v.t. 1. to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper. 2. to ruffle; tousle (sometimes fol. by up): The wind rumpled her hair. v.i. 3. to become wrinkled or crumpled: Tissue rumples easily. n …   Universalium

  • rumple — verb To make wrinkled, particularly of fabric. Ill rumple my bedsheets so it looks like I was here last night …   Wiktionary

  • rumple — [c]/ˈrʌmpəl / (say rumpuhl) verb (rumpled, rumpling) –verb (t) 1. to draw or crush into wrinkles; crumple: a rumpled sheet. 2. Also, rumple up. to ruffle; tousle. –verb (i) 3. to become wrinkled or crumpled. –noun 4. a wrinkle or irregular fold;… …  

  • rumple —  a large debt, contracted by little and little. Twill come to a rumple, or breaking, at last. Somer …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

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