rumple Definition
rum·ple (rum′pəl)
noun
an uneven fold or crease
Etymology: MDu rompel < rompe, a wrinkle, akin to OE hrympel, a wrinkle < IE *(s)kremb-, to twist: see shrimp
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·pled, -·pling
- to make rumples (in)
- to make or become disheveled or tousled
rumple Related Forms
rum′·ply adverb
rumple Synonyms
rumple Usage Examples
Object
- jacket: And who don't always come sporting rumpled jackets.
- shirt: Kristof stepped from behind the sofa, picking what looked like cobwebs from his rumpled shirt.
- sheet: There's a hair's breadth moment, that hangs, light and airborne, slowing in the dust beneath a white rumpled sheet.
- detective: But like the crumpled, rumpled detective himself, it's one which is deceptively brilliant in its simplicity.
- carpet: The massively rumpled carpet in the Live room added an extra element of danger to throwing shapes which were in turn becoming increasingly bizarre.
- layer: The cerebral cortex is the rumpled gray outer layer of the brain.
Browse dictionary entries near rumple
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