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crinkle

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɹɪŋkəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceiklnrStarts with CEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

Word origin

From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe.

Used in a sentence

  • He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
  • The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.
  • The green wheat crinkles like a lake.

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