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rumple Definition


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rumple
verb
    tr & intr
    rumpled, rumpling
    1. To become or to make (hair, clothes, etc) untidy, creased or wrinkled.
      Thesaurus: wrinkle, tousle, ruffle, crinkle, crumple, crease, scrunch, pucker, dishevel, muss, crush, disorder; Antonym: smooth.
noun
    1. A wrinkle or crease.
Derivative: rumpled
    Crumpled.
    Dishevelled.
Derivative: rumply
adj
    Etymology: 17c: from Dutch rompel wrinkle.



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