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wrinkle
1[ ring-kuhl ]
noun
- a small furrow or crease in the skin, especially of the face, as from aging or frowning.
- a temporary slight ridge or furrow on a surface, due to contraction, folding, crushing, or the like.
verb (used with object)
- to form wrinkles in; corrugate; crease:
Don't wrinkle your dress.
verb (used without object)
- to become wrinkled.
wrinkle
2[ ring-kuhl ]
noun
- an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation:
a new advertising wrinkle.
wrinkle
1/ ˈɪŋə /
noun
- a slight ridge in the smoothness of a surface, such as a crease in the skin as a result of age
verb
- to make or become wrinkled, as by crumpling, creasing, or puckering
wrinkle
2/ ˈɪŋə /
noun
- informal.a clever or useful trick, hint, or dodge
Derived Forms
- ˈɰ, adjective
- ˈɰ, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of wrinkle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wrinkle1
Origin of wrinkle2
Example Sentences
Treatments to remove wrinkles and tone arms, thighs and stomachs are driving a rise in cosmetic surgery, the latest figures from UK private clinics suggest.
Once, she says, a producer even suggested over lunch that she get dermal fillers for her wrinkles.
Faux bandana, wrinkle and dirt details elevate this already luxurious 100% cotton brown, striped top.
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.
“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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