Rumple \Rum"ple\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rumpled p. pr. &
vb. n. Rumpling.]
[Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle,
rompelig rough, uneven, G. r["u]mpfen to wrinkle, MHG.
r["u]mphen, OHG. rimpfan, Gr. "ra`mfos the crooked beak of
birds of prey, ? to roam.]
To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to
wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.
[1913 Webster]
They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled
and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest
assignats. --Burke.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "rumple":
agitate, beat, beat up, bristle, churn, churn up, clutter, cocker,
cockle, convulse, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, crease, crimp,
crimple, crinkle, crumple, crush, derange, disarrange, disarray,
discompose, dishevel, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disquiet,
disturb, excite, ferment, flurry, fold, fret, furrow, knit, knot,
litter, mess, mess up, misarrange, muss, muss up, paddle, perturb,
perturbate, pucker, purse, ridge, rile, rimple, ripple, rivel,
roil, roughen, ruck, ruckle, ruffle, scatter, screw, scrunch,
set on edge, shake, shake up, shirr, stir, stir up, swirl, tousle,
trouble, upset, whip, whip up, whisk, wimple, work up, wrinkle
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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