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Definitions for Crumple

[1] to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle.
[2] to cause to collapse or give way suddenly: That right hook to the midsection crumpled him.
[3] to contract into wrinkles; shrink; shrivel.
[4] to give way suddenly; collapse: The bridge crumpled under the weight of the heavy trucks.
[5] an irregular fold or wrinkle produced by crumpling.
[6] (when intr, often foll by up ) to collapse or cause to collapse his courage crumpled
[7] (when tr, often foll by up ) to crush or cause to be crushed so as to form wrinkles or creases
[8] (intr) to shrink; shrivel
[9] a loose crease or wrinkle

Words related to Crumple

crush, buckle, scrunch, screw, wad, collapse, ruck, rumple, pucker, crease, fold, crinkle, fall, crimp, wrinkle, shrivel, rimple, crimple

Words nearby Crumple

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Origin of Crumple

1400–50; late Middle English; variant of crimple

Other words from Crumple

crum·ply , adjective
un·crum·pling , adjective

Word origin for Crumple

C16: from obsolete crump to bend; related to Old High German krimpfan to wrinkle, Old Norse kreppa to contract

Synonyms for Crumple

break down, buckle, crush, scrunch, collapse, crease, crimp, crinkle, fall, fold, pucker, ruck, rumple, screw, shrivel, wad, wrinkle, cave in, crimple, give way, go to pieces, rimple