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. rümpgen to wrinkle, MHG. rümphen, 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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