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crin·kle

 (krĭng′kəl)
v. crin·kled, crin·kling, crin·kles
v.intr.
1. To form wrinkles or ripples.
2. To make a soft crackling sound; rustle.
v.tr.
To cause to crinkle.
n.
A wrinkle, ripple, or fold.
[From Middle English crinkled, full of turnings; akin to cringe.]
crin′kly adj.
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crinkled

(ˈkrɪŋkəld)
adj
marked with crenellations
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.crinkled - uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
crinkly, rippled, wavelike, wavy
uneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"
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Translations

crinkled

adj leaf, paper, clothes → zerknittert, zerknautscht; face → faltig, runzelig; the paper was all crinkled → das Papier war ganz zerknittert
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He crinkled the paper viciously and resumed his reading.
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As his pointed fingers touched it, it dropped the white scurf of crinkled lids over black, glasslike eyes and began to sway backwards and forwards.
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His face was thin and brown and crafty, with a perpetual smile upon it, which showed an irregular line of yellow teeth, and his crinkled hands were half closed in a way that is distinctive of sailors.
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His cheeks were red, his brow was all crinkled with anger, and the veins stood out at his temples with passion.
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