wrinkle
See also: Wrinkle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋkəl
- Hyphenation: wrink‧le
Etymology 1
Probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod.
Alternative forms
- wrincle (obsolete)
Noun
wrinkle (plural wrinkles)
- A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
- A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
- Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.
- A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
- Three months later, we're still discovering new wrinkles.
- A twist on something existing; a novel difference.
- 2015, Mark Ribowsky, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars:
- There were now a grab bag of southern country-rock units with a new wrinkle—Black Oak Arkansas, for one, combined psychedelia, fifties rock, Hindu spiritualism, and gospel into “psycho-boogie,” or “raunch 'n' roll.”
Translations
furrow in a smooth surface
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line or crease in the skin
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fault, imperfection or bug
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Verb
wrinkle (third-person singular simple present wrinkles, present participle wrinkling, simple past and past participle wrinkled)
- (transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
- Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.
- 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto:
- her wrinkled form in black and white array'd
- (intransitive) To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
- An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.
- (intransitive, of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
- The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To sneer (at).
- 1604 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], Parasitaster, or The Fawne, […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for W[illiam] C[otton], published 1606, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- Ther's some weakenes in your brother you wrinkle at
Related terms
Translations
to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
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to pucker or become uneven or irregular
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to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “wrinkle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
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