Rumple
/ˈɹʌmpəl/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wrinkle.
Verb
- 1 To make wrinkled, particularly fabric. transitive
"I'll rumple my bedsheets so it looks like I was here last night."
- 2 become wrinkled or crumpled or creased wordnet
- 3 To muss; to tousle. transitive
- 4 to gather something into small wrinkles or folds wordnet
- 5 disturb the smoothness of wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"I'll rumple my bedsheets so it looks like I was here last night."
Etymology
From Middle English rimplen (“to become wrinkled”). Compare German rumpeln (“to din, to make the welkin ring”) and Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”).