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crinkle
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)
- (transitive, intransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
- (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.
- 1908, John Townsend Trowbridge, Vagabonds and other poems
Derived terms
- crinkle-patterned
- uncrinkle
Translations
Noun
crinkle (plural crinkles)
- A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
- The act of crinkling
Derived terms
- crinkly
Translations
Anagrams
- Clinker, clinker
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trinkle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t???k?l/
Verb
trinkle (third-person singular simple present trinkles, present participle trinkling, simple past and past participle trinkled)
- (Scotland, rare) To trickle.
- (rare) To tinkle.
- (obsolete) To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
References
[1] (the tears trinkled down her cheeks), [2] (the tears trinkled down Trim's cheeks], [3] (my own heart's blood came trinkling down)
Anagrams
- Tinkler, tinkler
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