Definition of Rumple

1. Verb. Disturb the smoothness of. "Ruffle the surface of the water"

Exact synonyms: Mess Up, Ruffle, Ruffle Up
Generic synonyms: Disarrange

2. Verb. To gather something into small wrinkles or folds. "They rumple the sheets"; "She puckered her lips"
Exact synonyms: Cockle, Crumple, Knit, Pucker
Related verbs: Draw
Generic synonyms: Crease, Crinkle, Crisp, Ruckle, Scrunch, Scrunch Up, Wrinkle

3. Verb. Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. "These fabrics rumple easily"; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
Exact synonyms: Crease, Crinkle, Crumple, Wrinkle
Generic synonyms: Fold, Fold Up
Derivative terms: Crease, Crinkle, Wrinkle

Definition of Rumple

1. v. t. & i. To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.

2. n. A fold or plait; a wrinkle.

Definition of Rumple

1. to wrinkle [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES] - See also: wrinkle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumple

rumour
rumoured
rumourer
rumourers
rumouring
rumourmonger
rumours
rump
rumped
Rumpel-Leede phenomenon
Rumpel-Leede sign
Rumpel-Leede test
Rumpelstiltskin
rumpies
rumping
rumple (current term)
rumpled
rumples
rumpless
rumplier
rumpliest
rumpling
rumply
rumps
rumpus
rumpuses
rumpus room
rumpy
rump roast
rump steak

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