crinkle

Plural: crinkles

Noun

a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
The act of crinkling

Verb

Verb Forms: crinkled, crinkling, crinkles

To form small creases or wrinkles in a surface.
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

Examples

He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.
My brow would CRINKLE in concentration as I tried to form a high-scoring word.
The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe.

Synonyms

crease, crisp, crumple, furrow, line, ruckle, rumple, scrunch, scrunch up, seam, wrinkle

Scrabble Score: 13

crinkle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
crinkle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
crinkle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

crinkle: valid Words With Friends Word