Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A fold; a wrinkle.
  • transitive & intransitive verb To wrinkle or form wrinkles.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To wrinkle; rumple. See rumple.
  • To wrinkle; ripple.
  • noun A wrinkle; rumple. See rumple.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A fold or wrinkle. See rumple.
  • verb To rumple; to wrinkle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun wrinkle
  • verb To wrinkle or crease

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English rimpil, from Old English hrympel.]

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