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Definitions for Wrinkle

[1] a small furrow or crease in the skin, especially of the face, as from aging or frowning.
[2] a temporary slight ridge or furrow on a surface, due to contraction, folding, crushing, or the like.
[3] to form wrinkles in; corrugate; crease: Don't wrinkle your dress.
[4] to become wrinkled.
[5] an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
[6] a slight ridge in the smoothness of a surface, such as a crease in the skin as a result of age
[7] to make or become wrinkled, as by crumpling, creasing, or puckering
[8] informal a clever or useful trick, hint, or dodge

Words related to Wrinkle

scrunch, rumple, pucker, crease, crumple, corrugation, gather, ridge, tuck, plica, line, contraction, pleat, depression, furrow, crisp, compress, purse, twist, ruck

Words nearby Wrinkle

wright, richard, wrigley, wring, wring together, wringer, wrinkle, wrinklies, wrinkly, wrist, wrist joint, wrist pin

Origin of Wrinkle

21375–1425; late Middle English, equivalent to wrinc trick (Old English wrenc; see wrench) + -le

Word origin for Wrinkle

Old English wrenc trick; related to Middle Low German wrank struggle, Middle High German ranc sudden turn. See wrench

Synonyms for Wrinkle

contraction, corrugation, crease, crumple, depression, furrow, gather, line, pleat, plica, pucker, ridge, rumple, tuck, crow's-foot, rimple