Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A degenerate or shriveled apple.

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  • verb Present participle of crumple.
  • noun The act by which something crumples.

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Examples

  • The transparent sensor tracks up to 10 simultaneous finger touches - we assume that should cover most uses - making possible complex multi-finger gestures such as closing an application by "crumpling" it with several fingers, or playing polyphonic sounds on a virtual piano keyboard.

    CNET Australia 2009

  • Little Thady Kilfoyle reported that he had met the strange man a bit down the road, "leggin 'it along at a great rate, wid a black rowl of somethin' under his arm that he looked to be crumplin 'up as small as he could" -- the word "crumpling" went acutely to Mrs. Kilfoyle's heart -- and some long-sighted people declared that they could still catch glimpses of a receding figure through the hovering fog on the way towards

    Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887

  • Little Thady Kilfoyle reported that he had met the strange man a bit down the road, "leggin 'it along at a great rate, wid a black rowl of somethin' under his arm that he looked to be crumplin 'up as small as he could," -- the word "crumpling" went acutely to Mrs. Kilfoyle's heart, -- and some long-sighted people declared that they could still catch glimpses of a receding figure through the hovering fog on the way toward Sallinbeg.

    Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864

  • The Cut writes, "Hlaska is mostly stuff that a young Silicon Valley employee would wear to work: there's a lot of short-sleeved collared button-downs (perfect for crumpling into a ball at the foot of your futon after a long night of coding) as well as laptop covers and leather messenger bags."

    Chad Hurley, Former YouTube CEO, Now Focusing On Fashion Line Hlaska (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010

  • The Reman roared and threw off the security officers, one of them staggering backward into the central counter and crumpling to the floor.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • It burned her shoulders like acid, and she could only react with a quiet crumpling sound as her spine turned to elastic and the air escaped her lungs.

    Automatic Typewriter Brianne Baxtali 2011

  • Ah, your colleague, said Anil, crumpling aplum over his rice and spelling out the word as if she were an ESL student and he the instructor.

    For the Sake of the Boy Ramola D 2011

  • The Cut writes, "Hlaska is mostly stuff that a young Silicon Valley employee would wear to work: there's a lot of short-sleeved collared button-downs (perfect for crumpling into a ball at the foot of your futon after a long night of coding) as well as laptop covers and leather messenger bags."

    Chad Hurley, Former YouTube CEO, Now Focusing On Fashion Line Hlaska (PHOTOS) Hilary Moss 2010

  • She looked down at her gifts and nodded, then sighed, a crumpling kind of sigh that made many of us want to punch the intruders and some of us want to punch the man standing next to him.

    Passeridae Wendy Wimmer 2011

  • Then terror flared in the eyes of friends with a better view: of teens and young adults crumpling to the ground, blood streaming from point-blank bullet wounds.

    Norway Attack: Island Survivors On Their 2-Hour Fight For Life The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

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