different between crumple vs crunkle

English

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

crumple (plural crumples)

1. A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

Verb

crumple (third-person singular simple present crumples, present participle crumpling, simple past and past participle crumpled)

1. (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
2. (transitive) To cause to collapse.
3. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To collapse.

Translations

Derived terms

• crumple zone

Related terms

• crumpet

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “crumple”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• clumper

English

Verb

crunkle (third-person singular simple present crunkles, present participle crunkling, simple past and past participle crunkled)

1. (Britain, obsolete, dialectal) To crumple.

Anagrams

• clunker