different between trinkle vs wrinkle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???k?l/

Verb

trinkle (third-person singular simple present trinkles, present participle trinkling, simple past and past participle trinkled)

1. (Scotland, rare) To trickle.
2. (rare) To tinkle.
3. (obsolete) To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.

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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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????kl?/
• Rhymes: -??k?l
• Hyphenation: wrink?le

Etymology 1

Probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod.

Alternative forms

• wrincle (obsolete)

Noun

wrinkle (plural wrinkles)

1. A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
2. A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.

3. A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.

4. A twist on something existing; a novel difference.

Translations

Verb

wrinkle (third-person singular simple present wrinkles, present participle wrinkling, simple past and past participle wrinkled)

1. (transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
2. (intransitive) To pucker or become uneven or irregular.

3. (intransitive, of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To sneer (at).
   • 1604, John Marston, Parasitaster, or The Fawn

     Ther's some weakenes in your brother you wrinkle at

Related terms

• unwrinkled
• wrinkle-free
• wrinkly

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

wrinkle (plural wrinkles)

1. (US, dialect) A winkle

References

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

Anagrams

• Winkler