I. ˈkriŋkəl verb
( crinkled ; crinkled ; crinkling -k(ə)liŋ ; crinkles )
Etymology: Middle English crynkelen, crenklen, crounkilen; akin to Middle Dutch crinkelen to crinkle, Old English cringan to fall, yield — more at cringe
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to form many short bends or turns : turn , wind
b. : to move in waves : wrinkle , ripple
2. now dialect England : cringe ; also : to turn aside or draw back from a purpose or promise
3. : to give forth a thin metallic or crackling sound : rustle
stiff silk crinkling and swishing about her ankles
transitive verb
: to cause to crinkle
the damp air crinkled her hair about her face
: wrinkle , ripple , curl
a breeze barely crinkling the ripening wheat
II. noun
( -s )
1. : winding , turn , wrinkle , corrugation , fold
2.
a. : cork (sense 5) when marked by internal necrotic regions
b. : potato mosaic in which puckered crinkly-edged downward-curved leaves occur
c. : any of several diseases characterized by crinkling of leaf margins (as strawberry crinkle)