Crinkle - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkrɪŋkl|
Brit.
|ˈkrɪŋk(ə)l|
noun
- a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface (syn: crease, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle)
verb
- make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic (syn: crease, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, wrinkle)
- become wrinkled or crumpled or creased (syn: crease, crumple, rumple, wrinkle)
- become wrinkled or crumpled or creased (syn: crease, crumple, rumple, wrinkle)
Extra examples
The corners of his eyes crinkle when he smiles.
...a paper seat cover that crinkles with every move...
...little crinkles at the corners of his mouth showed whenever he smiled...
His mouth crinkled into a smile.
He smiled boyishly, crinkling his eyes.
Her face crinkled up in disgust.
The heat was beginning to make the cellophane crinkle.
The pages were brown and crinkled.
The first crinkles of age were beginning to appear round her eyes.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: crinkle
he/she/it: crinkles
present participle: crinkling
past tense: crinkled
past participle: crinkled
I/you/we/they: crinkle
he/she/it: crinkles
present participle: crinkling
past tense: crinkled
past participle: crinkled
noun
singular: crinkle
plural: crinkles
singular: crinkle
plural: crinkles
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