a small furrow or crease in the skin, especially of the face, as from aging or frowning.
a temporary slight ridge or furrow on a surface, due to contraction, folding, crushing, or the like.
verb (used with object),wrin·kled,wrin·kling.
to form wrinkles in; corrugate; crease: Don't wrinkle your dress.
verb (used without object),wrin·kled,wrin·kling.
to become wrinkled.
Origin of wrinkle
1
1375–1425; late Middle English (noun), back formation from wrinkled,Old English gewrinclod, past participle of gewrinclian to wind round; perhaps akin to wrick, wrench
It’s just one of the wrinkles of using a technology that is only as good as the data fed into it.
A.I. algorithms had to change when COVID-19 changed consumer behavior|Aaron Pressman|September 23, 2020|Fortune
It’s often observed that US presidents seem to age faster during their years in office, their newly grey hairs and deepened wrinkles serving as outward manifestations of the stress and pressure that comes with calling the nation’s shots.
A new study shows that industry downturns age CEOs by an extra 1.5 years|Sarah Todd|September 22, 2020|Quartz
KPBS added another wrinkle Thursday when it reported that redactions in the audit could be easily removed by copying and pasting the text into another document.
Politics Report: Alleged Footnote 15|Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts|September 5, 2020|Voice of San Diego
To eliminate any wrinkles, grab an iron and work out any creases on the highest setting—it’s not a light fabric so it can take a few passes.
Five cool ways to upcycle old coffee sacks|Harry Guinness|August 27, 2020|Popular Science
Your goal was to make a numerical expression that equals 24, using each of four given numbers once, along with parentheses, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and exponentiation — that last one being a fun wrinkle.
Can The Hare Beat The Tortoise?|Zach Wissner-Gross|July 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
This could signify a lot of things: a renewed drive by labor, or some wrinkle in the tax code that I'm not aware of.
Why Are So Many New Labor Groups Forming?|Megan McArdle|June 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And this "no budget, no pay" wrinkle is bound to be popular.
The New GOP Ploy Is Way More Radical|Michael Tomasky|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But there was a wrinkle, meant to distinguish between people at different levels of the income scale.
Romney–Ryan: The Rich Voter’s Dream Ticket|Daniel Gross|August 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The implants may stay in place but the skin around it will wrinkle and sag as the loss of subcutaneous fat takes place.
Your Puffy-Face Moments, Inspired by Ashley Judd||April 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And being perhaps the most famous transsexual in America adds a wrinkle (or an asterisk) to his male experience.
We fancy we know the coal-dealer from whom they got this wrinkle.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 14th, 1920|Various
The only difference in them was a wrinkle or two at the corners of the eyes, and a few grey hairs mingling with the brown.
The Thorogood Family|R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for wrinkle (1 of 2)
wrinkle1
/ (ˈrɪŋkəl) /
noun
a slight ridge in the smoothness of a surface, such as a crease in the skin as a result of age
verb
to make or become wrinkled, as by crumpling, creasing, or puckering
Derived forms of wrinkle
wrinkleless, adjectivewrinkly, adjective
Word Origin for wrinkle
C15: back formation from wrinkled, from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of wrinclian to wind around; related to Swedish vrinka to sprain, Lithuanian reñgti to twist. See wrench
British Dictionary definitions for wrinkle (2 of 2)
wrinkle2
/ (ˈrɪŋkəl) /
noun
informala clever or useful trick, hint, or dodge
Word Origin for wrinkle
Old English wrenc trick; related to Middle Low German wrank struggle, Middle High German ranc sudden turn. See wrench