rumple
verb /ˈrʌmpl/
/ˈrʌmpl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rumple | /ˈrʌmpl/ /ˈrʌmpl/ |
| he / she / it rumples | /ˈrʌmplz/ /ˈrʌmplz/ |
| past simple rumpled | /ˈrʌmpld/ /ˈrʌmpld/ |
| past participle rumpled | /ˈrʌmpld/ /ˈrʌmpld/ |
| -ing form rumpling | /ˈrʌmplɪŋ/ /ˈrʌmplɪŋ/ |
- rumple something to make something untidy or not smooth and neat
- She rumpled his hair playfully.
- The bed was rumpled where he had slept.
- a rumpled linen suit
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘wrinkle’): from Middle Dutch rompel.