crinkle
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈkrɪŋkəl/
:
arruga
- She noticed a fine crinkle in the fabric after washing it.
- smile crinkles
- crinkles around her eyes
- crinkles in his forehead
And that gives you nice crinkles when you take it out once your hair is dry, but it just takes a little longer.
- And that gives you nice crinkles when you take it out once your hair is dry, but it just takes a little longer.
- I don't like as you get older, every crinkle or wrinkle in my face shows up more when I smile.
- Currently eating a bag of crinkle cut Seabrook, Liam Perrins Worcestershire sauce crisps.
Examples
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Rachel smoothed the crinkles out of the noodle package with the flat of her hand.
Fiction book (1996) -
They're not wrinkles, just crinkles.
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Those are oven chips, crinkle cut.
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And that gives you nice crinkles when you take it out once your hair is dry, but it just takes a little longer.
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French fries, shoestring or crinkle cut.
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There are little crinkles around them now, but they give her a look of knowing and experience, which she wears well.
Fiction book (2000) -
I don't like as you get older, every crinkle or wrinkle in my face shows up more when I smile.
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Despite ministrations with moisturizers and creams, the skin at the corners had begun to show crinkles.
Fiction book (1995) -
The memory made the corners of Corinne's eyes crinkle—that blinding glare on the lake at sunset.
Fiction book (1997) -
When he smiled, the crinkle around his eyes revealed his joy.
Synonyms
105
3.5
A small fold that appears on skin or on other surfaces
84
2.4
A bend or crease in rock layers pushed together
77
1.0
A small fold in skin, cloth, or paper
27
1.5
A line made when cloth or paper is folded
9
6.5
A small wrinkle in cloth or on skin that makes a fold
3
5.3
A small line or fold in a surface, often on the skin
1
6.1
A small wavy fold or ridge made by pressing something
A small wrinkle in cloth that makes the surface uneven
Compounds
- Specialized
A North American wild plant with toothed leaves and strong smelling roots used to add taste or to treat illness
- US
A North American plant with strong tasting roots used to flavor food or as medicine
How Wrinkled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crinkle as a noun names a small fold or wrinkle and comes from the same tiny sound word crink, much like the familiar word wrinkle. That's why a crinkle is a little line or fold in paper, skin, or fabric.