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crinkle1 verbcrinkle2 noun crinklecrin‧kle1 /ˈkrɪŋkəl/ (also crinkle up) verb [intransitive, transitive] crinkle1Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps from Old English cringan; ➔ CRINGE VERB TABLEcrinkle |
Present | I, you, we, they | crinkle | | he, she, it | crinkles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | crinkled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have crinkled | | he, she, it | has crinkled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had crinkled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will crinkle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have crinkled |
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Present | I | am crinkling | | he, she, it | is crinkling | | you, we, they | are crinkling | Past | I, he, she, it | was crinkling | | you, we, they | were crinkling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been crinkling | | he, she, it | has been crinkling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been crinkling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be crinkling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been crinkling |
- Mandy crinkled up her nose in disgust.
- Dad's forehead was crinkling into a frown.
- He looked this way and that, worked his way into the backseat, the map crinkling under his weight.
- He scanned her tense expression, his eyes crinkled up against the sun.
- Mr Barraza crinkled up his face and rubbed his ears.
- Only a few faint lines crinkled her eyes, and she had lost weight.
- The Daughter's face crinkled up in disgust.
1if you crinkle part of your face, or if it crinkles, you move it so that small lines appear on it: His mouth crinkled into a smile. He smiled boyishly, crinkling his eyes. Her face crinkled up in disgust.2to become covered with small folds, or make something do this: The heat was beginning to make the cellophane crinkle.—crinkled adjective: The pages were brown and crinkled. |