All crimple synonyms
crimΒ·ple
C c verb crimple
- pucker β a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- buckle β A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- wrinkle β an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
- wave β a member of the Waves.
- ruck β a fold or wrinkle; crease.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- crinkle β If something crinkles or if you crinkle it, it becomes slightly creased or folded.
- swirl β to move around or along with a whirling motion; whirl; eddy.
- coil β A coil of rope or wire is a length of it that has been wound into a series of loops.
- crease β Creases are lines that are made in cloth or paper when it is crushed or folded.
- crumple β If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
- frizz β the state of being frizzed.
- swish β to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
- whisper β to speak with soft, hushed sounds, using the breath, lips, etc., but with no vibration of the vocal cords.
- rumple β to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper.
- hiss β to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.
- cockle β Cockles are small edible shellfish.
- twist β to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- crackle β If something crackles, it makes a rapid series of short, harsh noises.
- seam β the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- crimp β If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
- curl β If you have curls, your hair is in the form of tight curves and spirals.
- wind β the act of winding.
- rustle β to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- wreathe β to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
- scallop β any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- wad β a soft, earthy, black to dark-brown mass of manganese oxide minerals.
- collapse β If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- shrivel β shrink, dry up
- screw β a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrunch β to crunch, crush, or crumple.
- crisp β Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- pleat β a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- undulate β to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
- flow β to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- rimple β a wrinkle.
- go to pieces β a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- ruffle β to beat (a drum) in this manner.