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rimpling

rimpling is the present participle and gerund of rimple.

Meaning of rimple

Verb

rimple (third-person singular simple present rimples, present participle rimpling, simple past and past participle rimpled)

  1. (US) To wrinkle or crease.
    • The evening was fine, and the air so still, that it scarcely waved the light leaves of the trees around, or rimpled the broad expanse of the waters below.1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 261

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Questions about rimpling

What is rimpling the present participle and gerund of?
Rimpling is the present participle and gerund of rimple.

Words near rimpling in the dictionary

  1. rimous
  2. Rimouski
  3. rimple
  4. rimpled
  5. rimples
  6. rimpling
  7. rimption
  8. rimptions
  9. rimpull
  10. rimpulls
  11. rimrock

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