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WRINKLE
wrinkle
(noun) a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
wrinkle
(noun) a minor difficulty; âthey finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed outâ
wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam, line
(noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface; âhis face has many linesâ; âironing gets rid of most wrinklesâ
furrow, wrinkle, crease
(verb) make wrinkled or creased; âfurrow oneâs browâ
wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
(verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; âcrispâ is archaic; âThe dress got wrinkledâ; âcrease the paper like this to make a craneâ
purse, wrinkle
(verb) gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; âpurse onesâs lipsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
wrinkle (plural wrinkles)
A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
A twist on something existing; a novel difference.
Verb
wrinkle (third-person singular simple present wrinkles, present participle wrinkling, simple past and past participle wrinkled)
(transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
(intransitive) To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
(intransitive, of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
(intransitive, obsolete) To sneer (at).
Etymology 2
Noun
wrinkle (plural wrinkles)
(US, dialect) A winkle
Anagrams
• Winkler
Proper noun
Wrinkle (plural Wrinkles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wrinkle is the 25659th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 961 individuals. Wrinkle is most common among White (96.57%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Winkler
Source: Wiktionary
Wrin"kle, n.
Definition: A winkle. [Local, U.S.]
Wrin"kle, n. Etym: [OE. wrinkil, AS. wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan. rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G. runzel, L. ruga.
1. A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth. "The wrinkles in my brows." Shak. Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth. Emerson.
2. hence, any roughness; unevenness. Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky. Dryden.
3. Etym: [Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a twisting, deceit. Cf. Wrench, n.]
Definition: A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. [Colloq.]
Wrin"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrinkling.]
1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow. "Sport that wrinkled Care derides." Milton. Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed. Pope.
2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way. A keen north wind that, blowing dry, Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed. Milton. Then danced we on the wrinkled sand. Bryant. To wrinkle at, to sneer at. [Obs.] Marston.
Wrin"kle, v. i.
Definition: To shrink into furrows and ridges.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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