Crinkle — may refer to: Crinkle Crags, a fell in the English Lake District Crinkle cutting, a cutting technique in cooking Chocolate crinkle, a kind of chocolate flavored cookie covered in white powdered sugar. See also Crinkill Crinkles … Wikipedia
crinkle — ● crinkle nom masculin (anglais crinkle, ondulation) Terme désignant certaines maladies à virus des plantes, caractérisées par un feuillage crispé, frisé … Encyclopédie Universelle
crinkle up — variant UK US Main entry: crinkle … Useful english dictionary
Crinkle — Crin kle, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. [1913 Webster] The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crinkle — Crin kle, v. i. To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved. [1913 Webster] The green wheat crinkles like a lake. L. T. Trowbridge. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crinkle — late 14c., from frequentative of O.E. crincan, variant of cringan to bend, yield (see CRINGE (Cf. cringe)). Related: Crinkled; crinkling. As a noun from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
crinkle — [v] crumple, ruffle cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, crimple, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, ruck, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wreathe, wrinkle; concepts 65,137,213,250 Ant. straighten … New thesaurus
crinkle — ► VERB ▪ form small creases or wrinkles. ► NOUN ▪ a small crease or wrinkle. DERIVATIVES crinkly adjective. ORIGIN related to CRINGE(Cf. ↑cringe) … English terms dictionary
crinkle — [kriŋ′kəl] vi., vt. crinkled, crinkling [ME crenklen, freq. < OE crincan, var. of cringan: see CRINGE] 1. to be or cause to be full of wrinkles, twists, or ripples 2. to rustle or crackle, as paper when crushed n. 1. a wrinkle, twist, or… … English World dictionary
crinkle — I = crinkle up crinkle UK [ˈkrɪŋk(ə)l] / US or crinkle up UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms crinkle : present tense I/you/we/they crinkle he/she/it crinkles present participle crinkling past tense crinkled past participle crinkled … English dictionary
