scrumple

(ˈskrʌmpəl)

(usually foll by up) to crumple or crush (something, esp a piece of paper) or (esp of a piece of paper) to become crumpled or crushed

[C16: variant of crumple]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

scrump, scrumple - Scrump is something withered or shriveled or dried up, and a scrumple is a wrinkle or crease.

scrumple

Past participle: scrumpled
Gerund: scrumpling

Imperative
scrumple
scrumple

Present
I scrumple
you scrumple
he/she/it scrumples
we scrumple
you scrumple
they scrumple

Preterite
I scrumpled
you scrumpled
he/she/it scrumpled
we scrumpled
you scrumpled
they scrumpled

Present Continuous
I am scrumpling
you are scrumpling
he/she/it is scrumpling
we are scrumpling
you are scrumpling
they are scrumpling

Present Perfect
I have scrumpled
you have scrumpled
he/she/it has scrumpled
we have scrumpled
you have scrumpled
they have scrumpled

Past Continuous
I was scrumpling
you were scrumpling
he/she/it was scrumpling
we were scrumpling
you were scrumpling
they were scrumpling

Past Perfect
I had scrumpled
you had scrumpled
he/she/it had scrumpled
we had scrumpled
you had scrumpled
they had scrumpled

Future
I will scrumple
you will scrumple
he/she/it will scrumple
we will scrumple
you will scrumple
they will scrumple

Future Perfect
I will have scrumpled
you will have scrumpled
he/she/it will have scrumpled
we will have scrumpled
you will have scrumpled
they will have scrumpled

Future Continuous
I will be scrumpling
you will be scrumpling
he/she/it will be scrumpling
we will be scrumpling
you will be scrumpling
they will be scrumpling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scrumpling
you have been scrumpling
he/she/it has been scrumpling
we have been scrumpling
you have been scrumpling
they have been scrumpling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scrumpling
you will have been scrumpling
he/she/it will have been scrumpling
we will have been scrumpling
you will have been scrumpling
they will have been scrumpling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scrumpling
you had been scrumpling
he/she/it had been scrumpling
we had been scrumpling
you had been scrumpling
they had been scrumpling

Conditional
I would scrumple
you would scrumple
he/she/it would scrumple
we would scrumple
you would scrumple
they would scrumple

Past Conditional
I would have scrumpled
you would have scrumpled
he/she/it would have scrumpled
we would have scrumpled
you would have scrumpled
they would have scrumpled

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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