Pronunciations
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/ˈɹɪŋkl̩/
Noun
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.
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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.
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We need to iron out the wrinkles in the plan before implementing it.
A twist on something existing; a novel difference.
Usage- Informal
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We've added a couple of new wrinkles to the policy.
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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.”
Verb
To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
Usage- Transitive
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Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.
her wrinkled form in black and white array'd
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It was a pity nobody saw the display in the empty street, where the auroral breeze wrinkled a large luminous puddle, making of the telephone wires reflected in it illegible lines of black zigzags.
To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
Usage- Intransitive
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An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.
To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
Usage- Intransitive
- of skin
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The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.
To sneer (at).
Usage- Intransitive
- Obsolete
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Ther's some weakenes in your brother you wrinkle at
Noun
A winkle
Usage- US usage
- dialectal
Noun
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
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his face has many lines
ironing gets rid of most wrinkles
a minor difficulty
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they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
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Verb
gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker
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purse one's lips
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic
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The dress got wrinkled
crease the paper like this to make a crane
make wrinkled or creased
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furrow one's brow
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
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This fabric won't wrinkle