name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rumple
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɹʌmpəl/
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rhymes with -ʌmpəl
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CMU ARPABET: R AH1 M P AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A wrinkle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I'll rumple my bedsheets so it looks like I was here last night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To muss; to tousle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This fabric won't wrinkle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fold, fold up
verb
Meaning 6
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She puckered her lips
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pucker, cockle, crumple, knit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
verb
Meaning 7
disturb the smoothness of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ruffle the surface of the water
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ruffle, ruffle up, mess up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disarrange
History
Etymology
From Middle English rimplen (“to become wrinkled”). Compare German rumpeln (“to din, to make the welkin ring”) and Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: əzmək — to make wrinkled
- Bulgarian: набръчквам (nabrǎčkvam) — to make wrinkled
- Bulgarian: намачквам (namačkvam) — to make wrinkled
- Chinese Mandarin: 弄皺 /弄皱 (nòngzhòu) — to make wrinkled
- Chinese Mandarin: 弄绉 (nòng zhòu) — to make wrinkled
- Chinese Mandarin: 皺褶 /皱褶 (zhòuzhě) — to make wrinkled
- Czech: mačkat — to make wrinkled
- Czech: zmačkat — to make wrinkled
- Czech: pomačkat — to make wrinkled
- Czech: muchlat — to make wrinkled
- Czech: zmuchlat — to make wrinkled
- Dutch: verkreukelen — to make wrinkled
- Finnish: rypistää — to make wrinkled
- French: froisser — to make wrinkled
- German: zerknittern — to make wrinkled
- Japanese: くしゃくしゃにする (kushakusha ni suru) — to make wrinkled
- Māori: tarihahohaho — to make wrinkled
- Norwegian Bokmål: knøvle — to make wrinkled
- Norwegian Nynorsk: knuvla — to make wrinkled
- Polish: marszczyć — to make wrinkled
- Polish: zmarszczyć — to make wrinkled
- Polish: miąć — to make wrinkled
- Polish: zmiąć — to make wrinkled
- Polish: gnieść — to make wrinkled
- Polish: pognieść — to make wrinkled
- Russian: мять (mjatʹ) — to make wrinkled
- Russian: смять (smjatʹ) — to make wrinkled
- Russian: ко́мкать (kómkatʹ) — to make wrinkled
- Russian: ско́мкать (skómkatʹ) — to make wrinkled
- Slovak: pokrčiť — to make wrinkled
- Slovak: krčiť — to make wrinkled
- Spanish: arrugar — to make wrinkled
- Czech: rozcuchat — to muss
- Czech: rozčepýřit — to muss
- Czech: podrbat (vlasy) — to muss