crumple
verb
[ ˈkrʌmp(ə)l ]
• crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled.
• "he crumpled up the paper bag"
Similar:
crush,
scrunch up,
screw up,
squash,
squeeze,
scrumple,
crease,
wrinkle,
crinkle,
rumple,
ruck up,
tumble,
ruckle,
Opposite:
smooth out,
iron,
crumple
noun
• a crushed fold, crease, or wrinkle.
Origin:
Middle English: from obsolete crump ‘make or become curved’, from Old English crump ‘bent, crooked’, of West Germanic origin; related to German krumm .
