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Thesaurus: rumple

To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.

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  1. v. t. & i. To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.
  2. n. A fold or plait; a wrinkle.
  3. v. disturb the smoothness of
  4. v. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
  5. v. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
  6. 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 Scoth paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. Burke. A fold or plait; a wrinkle. Dryden.
  7. To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; towrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and raggedScoth paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. Burke.
  8. v:100 v. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased