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crumple

noun
/ˈkɹʌmpəl/

Etymology

From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.

  1. derived from crump — “bent, crooked”
  2. derived from crumpen — “to curl up, crump”
  3. inherited from crumplen

Definitions

  1. A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

  2. To rumple

    To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.

    • He crumpled the note and threw it away.

  3. To cause to collapse.

    • He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To become wrinkled.

      • The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post.

    2. To collapse

      To collapse; to surrender.

      • The team's defensive strategy crumpled.
      • The defenders crumpled owing to exhaustion and dehydration.

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Derived

crumpler, crumple up, crumply, recrumple, uncrumple, crumple zone

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA