crinkle

crinkle
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • Crinkle — may refer to: Crinkle Crags, a fell in the English Lake District Crinkle cutting, a cutting technique in cooking Chocolate crinkle, a kind of chocolate flavored cookie covered in white powdered sugar. See also Crinkill Crinkles …   Wikipedia

  • crinkle — ● crinkle nom masculin (anglais crinkle, ondulation) Terme désignant certaines maladies à virus des plantes, caractérisées par un feuillage crispé, frisé …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • crinkle up — variant UK US Main entry: crinkle …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crinkle — Crin kle, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. [1913 Webster] The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crinkle — Crin kle (kr[i^][ng] k l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crinkled} ( k ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crinkling} ( kl[i^]ng).] [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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crinkle — Crin kle, 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. L. T. Trowbridge. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crinkle — late 14c., from frequentative of O.E. crincan, variant of cringan to bend, yield (see CRINGE (Cf. cringe)). Related: Crinkled; crinkling. As a noun from 1590s …   Etymology dictionary

  • crinkle — [v] crumple, ruffle cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, crimple, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, ruck, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wreathe, wrinkle; concepts 65,137,213,250 Ant. straighten …   New thesaurus

  • crinkle — ► VERB ▪ form small creases or wrinkles. ► NOUN ▪ a small crease or wrinkle. DERIVATIVES crinkly adjective. ORIGIN related to CRINGE(Cf. ↑cringe) …   English terms dictionary

  • crinkle — [kriŋ′kəl] vi., vt. crinkled, crinkling [ME crenklen, freq. < OE crincan, var. of cringan: see CRINGE] 1. to be or cause to be full of wrinkles, twists, or ripples 2. to rustle or crackle, as paper when crushed n. 1. a wrinkle, twist, or… …   English World dictionary

  • crinkle — I = crinkle up crinkle UK [ˈkrɪŋk(ə)l] / US or crinkle up UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms crinkle : present tense I/you/we/they crinkle he/she/it crinkles present participle crinkling past tense crinkled past participle crinkled …   English dictionary

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