scrumple
/ˈskrʌmp(ə)l
/verb [with object] British
Crumple (paper or cloth): she scrumpled it up and tossed it into the waste-paper basket...
- The card is a froth of glitter and highly scrumpled clumps of tissue paper.
- He saw me; and when he did he took something out of his pocket, scrumpled it up and dropped it into a half melted waste bin latched onto one of the lamp posts.
- Mine were scrumpled up and shoved down to the bottom of my bed.
Origin
Early 16th century: alteration of crumple.
Rhymes
- opening medicine
- opening night
- opening out
- opening time
- opening up
- open interest
- open invitation
- open-jaw
- open jet
- open juncture
- open learning
- open-legged
- open letter
- open line
- open loop
- openly
- open market
- open market option
- open marriage
- open mic
- open mike
- open mind
- open-minded
- open-mindedly
- open-mindedness