crinkle

Meanings

Verb

• To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
• To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

Noun

• A wrinkle, fold, crease or unevenness.
• The act of crinkling

Origin

• From Middle English crenclen ("to bend, buckle"), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan ("to yield"), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną ("to turn, to fall, to yield"), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- ("to turn, wind"). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge, Dutch krinkelen ("to turn, wind"). Related to cringe.