crumple

crumple is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 18 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.
2. intransitive verb. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.
3. verb. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

   "This fabric won't wrinkle"

   Synonyms: crease, crinkle, rumple, wrinkle

4. verb. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

   "She puckered her lips"

   Synonyms: cockle, knit, pucker, rumple

5. verb. fold or collapse

   "His knees buckled"

   Synonyms: buckle

6. verb. fall apart

   "the building crumbled after the explosion"

   "Negotiations broke down"

   Synonyms: collapse, crumble, tumble

Synonyms

crease, crinkle, rumple, wrinkle, cockle, knit, pucker, buckle, collapse, crumble, tumble

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in crumple:

clumper

Common word forms

crumpled, crumpler, crumples, crumpling

Words from these letters

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