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crinkling

crinkling is the present participle and gerund 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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Noun

crinkling (plural crinklings)

  1. The act or sound or something being crinkled.

Forms of crinkling

pluralcrinklings

Questions about crinkling

What does crinkling mean?
Crinkling means the act or sound or something being crinkled.
What is crinkling the present participle and gerund of?
Crinkling is the present participle and gerund of crinkle.
What part of speech is crinkling?
Crinkling is a noun.
What is the plural of crinkling?
The plural of crinkling is crinklings.

Words near crinkling in the dictionary

  1. crinklesome
  2. crinklier
  3. crinklies
  4. crinkliest
  5. crinkliness
  6. crinkling
  7. crinklings
  8. crinkly
  9. CRINKs
  10. crinkum-crankum
  11. crinkum-crankums

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