CRUMPLE

pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit

(verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; “She puckered her lips”

buckle, crumple

(verb) fold or collapse; “His knees buckled”

crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse

(verb) fall apart; “the building crumbled after the explosion”; “Negotiations broke down”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

crumple (plural crumples)

A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

Verb

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

(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.

(transitive) To cause to collapse.

(intransitive) To become wrinkled.

(intransitive, figurative) To collapse.

Anagrams

• clumper

Source: Wiktionary

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Crum"ple (krm"p'l), v. t. [imp & p. p. Crumpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crumpling (-plng).] Etym: [Dim. fr. crump, a.]

Definition: To draw or press into wrinkles or folds to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. Addison.

Crum"ple, v. i.

Definition: To contract irregularly; to show wrinkless after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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