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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. disturb the smoothness of;
- Example: "ruffle the surface of the water"
[syn: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up]

2. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds;
- Example: "She puckered her lips"
[syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit]

3. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased;
- Example: "This fabric won't wrinkle"
[syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rumple \Rum"ple\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rumpled p. pr. & vb. n. Rumpling.] [Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle, rompelig rough, uneven, G. r["u]mpfen to wrinkle, MHG. r["u]mphen, OHG. rimpfan, Gr. "ra`mfos the crooked beak of birds of prey, ? to roam.] To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat. [1913 Webster] They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rumple \Rum"ple\, n. A fold or plait; a wrinkle. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rumple v 1: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" [syn: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up] 2: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit] 3: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" [syn: rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]