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crinkled

crinkled is the simple past and past participle of crinkle.

Meaning of crinkle

Verb

crinkle (third-person singular simple present crinkles, present participle crinkling, simple past and past participle crinkled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
    • He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
  2. (intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
    • The green wheat crinkles like a lake.1908, John Townsend Trowbridge, Vagabonds and other poems

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Adjective

crinkled (comparative more crinkled, superlative most crinkled)

  1. Having crinkles

Forms of crinkled

comparativemore crinkled
superlativemost crinkled

Questions about crinkled

What does crinkled mean?
Crinkled means having crinkles.
What is crinkled the simple past and past participle of?
Crinkled is the simple past and past participle of crinkle.
What part of speech is crinkled?
Crinkled is an adjective.

Words near crinkled in the dictionary

  1. crinkleawn
  2. crinklebutt
  3. crinklebutts
  4. crinklecritter
  5. crinklecritters
  6. crinkled
  7. crinklepants
  8. crinkler
  9. crinkleroot
  10. crinkleroots
  11. crinklers

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