crumple.
A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
Meaning & usage
A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.
To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
He crumpled the note and threw it away.
To cause to collapse.
He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post.
To become wrinkled.
The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post.
To collapse; to surrender.
The team's defensive strategy crumpled.
The defenders crumpled owing to exhaustion and dehydration.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.
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