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wrinkle

1

[ ring-kuhl ]

noun

  1. a small furrow or crease in the skin, especially of the face, as from aging or frowning.
  2. a temporary slight ridge or furrow on a surface, due to contraction, folding, crushing, or the like.


verb (used with object)

wrinkled, wrinkling.
  1. to form wrinkles in; corrugate; crease:

    Don't wrinkle your dress.

verb (used without object)

wrinkled, wrinkling.
  1. to become wrinkled.

wrinkle

2

[ ring-kuhl ]

noun

Informal.
  1. an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation:

    a new advertising wrinkle.

wrinkle

1

/ ˈ°ùɪŋ°ìÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. a slight ridge in the smoothness of a surface, such as a crease in the skin as a result of age
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verb

  1. to make or become wrinkled, as by crumpling, creasing, or puckering
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

wrinkle

2

/ ˈ°ùɪŋ°ìÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. informal.
    a clever or useful trick, hint, or dodge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ·É°ù¾±²Ô°ì±ô²â, adjective
  • ˈ·É°ù¾±²Ô°ì±ô±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wrinkle1

1375–1425; late Middle English (noun), back formation from wrinkled, Old English gewrinclod, past participle of gewrinclian to wind round; perhaps akin to wrick, wrench

Origin of wrinkle2

1375–1425; late Middle English, equivalent to wrinc trick ( Old English wrenc; wrench ) + -le
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wrinkle1

C15: back formation from wrinkled, from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of wrinclian to wind around; related to Swedish vrinka to sprain, Lithuanian °ù±ðñ²µ³Ù¾± to twist. See wrench

Origin of wrinkle2

Old English wrenc trick; related to Middle Low German wrank struggle, Middle High German ranc sudden turn. See wrench
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Example Sentences

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Once, she says, a producer even suggested over lunch that she get dermal fillers for her wrinkles.

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Faux bandana, wrinkle and dirt details elevate this already luxurious 100% cotton brown, striped top.

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Lee and Chen’s script is naturalistic — i.e., most of Long’s back story goes unsaid and exists simply in the wrinkles in Nghia’s face — but flashbacks give us glimpses of his years in a prisoner-of-war camp.

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“Children who are 10 years old, 12 years old, shouldn’t have to worry about wrinkles,†Lee said in an interview with The Times.

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Audiences have grown up with Bridget, aging alongside her and hitting the same benchmarks in marriage, children, death, hangovers and wrinkles.

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