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RUMPLE
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
(verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; “She puckered her lips”
ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up
(verb) disturb the smoothness of; “ruffle the surface of the water”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Rumple (plural Rumples)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rumple is the 25020th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 993 individuals. Rumple is most common among White (95.97%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Lumper, Plumer, lumper, replum
Etymology
Verb
rumple (third-person singular simple present rumples, present participle rumpling, simple past and past participle rumpled)
(transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
(transitive) To muss; to tousle.
Noun
rumple (plural rumples)
A wrinkle.
Anagrams
• Lumper, Plumer, lumper, replum
Source: Wiktionary
Rum"ple, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rumpled p. pr. & vb. n. Rumpling (.] Etym: [Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle, rompelig rough, uneven, G. rĂĽmpgen to wrinkle, MHG. rĂĽmphen, OHG. rimpfan, Gr. "ra`mfos the crooked beak of birds of prey,
Definition: To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat. They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scoth paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. Burke.
Rum"ple, n.
Definition: A fold or plait; a wrinkle. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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