rumple : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rumple	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rumple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumple v disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" Synonym(s): ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" Synonym(s): pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle" Synonym(s): rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[81]mpfen to wrinkle, MHG. r[81]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. They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rumple \Rum"ple\, n. A fold or plait; a wrinkle. --Dryden.