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crumple

/ˈkɹʌmpəl/

crumple noun: a crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

Noun

crumple (plural crumples)

  1. A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.

Verb

crumple (third-person singular simple present crumples, present participle crumpling, simple past and past participle crumpled)

  1. (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
    • He crumpled the note and threw it away.
  2. (transitive) To cause to collapse.
    • He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post.
  3. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
    • The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post.
  4. (figuratively, intransitive) To collapse; to surrender.
    • The team's defensive strategy crumpled.
    • The defenders crumpled owing to exhaustion and dehydration.
    Synonyms:
    buckle, cave, cave in, fold

crumple meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

crumple in Hindi

to crumple
सिमटना simaṭnā

crumple in Tamil

கசக்கு

crumple in Urdu

جھری پڑنا, کھنچنا, سکڑنا, جھول ڈالنا, مروڑی دینا, تیڑھا کرنا

crumple in Malayalam

ചുളുക്ക്, തകർക്കുക, ചുരുട്ടുക, ചുളിവു വരുത്തുക
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crumple in Kannada
ಸುಕ್ಕುಮಾಡು, ನಲುಗಿಸು, ಮುದುರು, ನೆರಿಗೆ ಬೀಳು
crumple in Malay
remuk, renyuk, kerumuk, berkedut
crumple in Indonesian
lecek

Examples of crumple in a sentence

  • He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.
  • The crumpled paper was used as packing material.
  • A crumpled and well-used orange vest hangs over the back of his chair.

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Synonyms of crumple

Forms of crumple

Noun
pluralcrumples
Verb
third-person singular presentcrumples
present participlecrumpling
past participlecrumpled
pastcrumpled

Origin of crumple

From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.

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Questions about crumple

What does crumple mean?
Crumple means a crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
What is crumple in Hindi?
Crumple in Hindi is सिमटना (simaṭnā). See Crumple meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is crumple?
Crumple can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce crumple?
Crumple is pronounced /ˈkɹʌmpəl/.
What is the plural of crumple?
The plural of crumple is crumples.

Words near crumple in the dictionary

  1. crumpet-faced
  2. crumpets
  3. crumpiness
  4. crumping
  5. crumplable
  6. crumple
  7. crumple up
  8. crumple zone
  9. crumple zones
  10. crumpled
  11. crumpled up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crumple (page history and authors); सिमटना (Hindi) (page history and authors); crumple (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crumple (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crumple (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crumple (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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