different between crinkle vs crinkly

English

Etymology

From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringan? (“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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k???k?l/
• Rhymes: -??k?l

Verb

crinkle (third-person singular simple present crinkles, present participle crinkling, simple past and past participle crinkled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.

2. (intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
   • 1908, John Townsend Trowbridge, Vagabonds and other poems

     The green wheat crinkles like a lake.

   • 1856, Elizabeth Browning, Aurora Leigh

     All the rooms were full of crinkling silks.

Derived terms

• crinkle-patterned
• uncrinkle

Translations

Noun

crinkle (plural crinkles)

1. A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.

2. The act of crinkling

Derived terms

• crinkly

Translations

Anagrams

• Clinker, clinker

English

Etymology

From crinkle +? -y.

Adjective

crinkly (comparative crinklier or more crinkly, superlative crinkliest or most crinkly)

1. That crinkles.
2. Having crinkles; wrinkly.

Synonyms

• (having crinkles): bewrinkled, rugose, wrinklesome; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled

Translations

Noun

crinkly (plural crinklies)

1. (derogatory) An old person.

Synonyms

• antique, coffin dodger, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:old person