crumple
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Etymology
From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.
Pronunciation
Noun
crumple (plural crumples)
Verb
crumple (third-person singular simple present crumples, present participle crumpling, simple past and past participle crumpled)
- (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
- He crumpled the note and threw it away.
- (transitive) To cause to collapse.
- He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post.
- (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
- The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post.
- (intransitive, figurative) To collapse; to surrender.
- Synonyms: buckle; cave; cave in; fold
- Coordinate term: crumble
- The team's defensive strategy crumpled.
- The defenders crumpled owing to exhaustion and dehydration.
- 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London)[1]:
- Yes, Juve were unfortunate, in the extreme, with the deflected goal from Casemiro that gave Madrid a 2-1 lead just after the hour. From that point onwards, however, it was staggering to see a team renowned for defensive structure crumple this way.
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Translations
to rumple
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to cause to collapse
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to become wrinkled
to collapse
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “crumple”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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