crinkler
Syllables: crink·lerUK/ˈkɹɪŋk.lə/US/ˈkrɪŋk.lɚ/
crinkler noun: something that crinkles.
Noun
crinkler (plural crinklers)
- Something that crinkles.
- The general idea was to write the amount in ink and then run or stamp over it with a crinkler which so roughened the paper that alterations seemed impossible. However, it was soon found that the check man laid such checks ona glass andsmoothed down the ruffling.1920 May 1, Edward H. Smith, “Your Check”, in George Horace Lorimer, editor, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 192, number 44, The Curtis Publishing Company, page 124
- The brass comes to Oxford in these rolls from the metal mills in Birmingham. The rolls are passed through crinklers, then the crinkled brass is planished, it is cut into correct length, seamed and packed into groups or sets.1930 September 4, “Henry Ford Gives Europe A Shock”, in The China Mail, number 27,584, page 11
- Someone that crinkles.
- Laundry-workers, we read, need different temperaments according to the departments in which they are employed. An expert collar-crinkler, for instance, might lack the dash necessary in the shirt-ripping room.1927 March 23, Punch, or The London Charivari, volume 172, published June 1927, page 309
- Sense of audience participation is strong even among the more phlegmatic audiences in England, where each person tends to view those others round their seats merely as sniffers, shufflers, paper crinklers, or as obstructionists who block out most of the view.1958, Anthony Smith, Sea Never Dry, George Allen and Unwin, page 115
- Something that makes a crinkling sound.
- A diaper lover, especially a furry (a diaperfur).
Examples of crinkler in a sentence
- He brought them up only recently, roasted them for about an hour and one-half in a slow oven, at 250 degrees, on a baking sheet, and then ground the beans in a wheat crinkler.1943 March, Dorothy Holmes, “Home-Grown Coffee”, in L. Bush-Brown, editor, The Farmer's Digest, volume 6, number 10, pages 81-82:
- Then he tried crinklers and curlers, hair stretchers and even his X-ray blowgun.1990, Mark Teague, Moog-Moog, Space Barber, Scholastic Corporation, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- Using a paper crinkler on metal gives some really exciting effects.2004, Maggie Grey, Jane Wild, “Paper crinkler”, in Paper, Metal, and Stitch: Creating Surfaces with Color and Texture publisher=Interweave...
- In my exploration of using a crinkler to crinkle, I am looking at what happens to a variety of material when placed between the two heated metal plates of a hair crinkler.2013 January 31, Elizabeth Emery, “SCULPTURE: Crinkling with a hair crinkler”, in Blogspot:
Forms of crinkler
| plural | crinklers |
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Origin of crinkler
From crinkle + -er. The diaper lover sense is from the plastic backing which many disposable adult diapers have, which makes a crinkling sound; compare crinklebutt and crinklecritter.
Questions about crinkler
- What does crinkler mean?
- Crinkler means something that crinkles.
- How do you use crinkler in a sentence?
- He brought them up only recently, roasted them for about an hour and one-half in a slow oven, at 250 degrees, on a baking sheet, and then ground the beans in a wheat crinkler.
- What part of speech is crinkler?
- Crinkler is a noun.
- How do you pronounce crinkler?
- Crinkler is pronounced /ˈkɹɪŋk.lə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of crinkler?
- The plural of crinkler is crinklers.
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