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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 rumpled -·pled, rumpling -·pling

  1. to make rumples (in)
  2. to make or become disheveled or tousled

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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