crumple

Plural: crumples

Verb

Verb Forms: crumpled, crumpling, crumples

To crush or press into wrinkles or folds; to become creased.
fall apart
fold or collapse
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
To cause to collapse.
To become wrinkled.
To collapse; to surrender.

Noun

A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

Examples

He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post.
He crumpled the note and threw it away.
His face would CRUMPLE in frustration when he couldn’t find a high-scoring word.
The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post.
The defenders crumpled owing to exhaustion and dehydration.
The team's defensive strategy crumpled.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.

Synonyms

break down, buckle, cockle, collapse, crease, crinkle, crumble, knit, pucker, rumple, tumble, wrinkle, buckle#English:_give way, give up, surrender, cave in#Verb, cave#Verb, fold#English:_give way or give up

Scrabble Score: 13

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

Words With Friends Score: 18

crumple: valid Words With Friends Word