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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crinkle \Crin"kle\ (kr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crinkled} (-k'ld); p. pr & vb n. {Crinkling} (-kl[i^]ng).] [A dim., fr the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf {Cringle}, {Cringe}.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl. The house?s crinkled to and fro. --Chaucer. Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. --Skelton. The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. --Mrs. Browning. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crinkled \Crin"kled\ (kr?n"k'ld), a. Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. ``The crinkled lightning.'' --Lowell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crinkled adj : having wrinkles or waves [syn: {crinkly}, {rippled}, {wavy}, {wavelike}]
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