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Definition of: crinkle
(kring′kəl) v.t. & v.i. ·kled, ·kling
1. To form or cause to form, mold, or move with bends, turns, twists, or wrinkles.
2. To wind in and out; wave; corrugate.
3. To crackle metallically.
—noun A wrinkle; ripple; twist; sinuosity. [ME crenklen, freq. of OE crincan, var. of cringan yield, fall]
—crin′kly adjective
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