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Adjective: crinkled  kring-kuld
  1. Uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
    "They watched an apparatus make stretchable crinkled paper";
    - crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike
Verb: crinkle  kring-kul
  1. Become wrinkled, crumpled or creased
    "This fabric won't crinkle";
    - rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease
     
  2. [archaic] Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; 'crisp' is archaic
    "The dress got crinkled";
    - wrinkle [archaic], ruckle [archaic], crease [archaic], scrunch [archaic], scrunch up [archaic], crisp [archaic]

See also: uneven

Type of: fold, fold up, turn up

Encyclopedia: Crinkle