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wrinkle

1

[ring-kuhl]

noun

  1. a small furrow or crease in the skin, especially of the face, as from aging or frowning.

  2. a temporary slight ridge or furrow on a surface, due to contraction, folding, crushing, or the like.



verb (used with object)

wrinkled, wrinkling 
  1. to form wrinkles in; corrugate; crease.

    Don't wrinkle your dress.

verb (used without object)

wrinkled, wrinkling 
  1. to become wrinkled.

wrinkle

2

[ring-kuhl]

noun

Informal.
  1. an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation.

    a new advertising wrinkle.

wrinkle

1

/ ˈɪŋə /

noun

  1. a slight ridge in the smoothness of a surface, such as a crease in the skin as a result of age

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verb

  1. to make or become wrinkled, as by crumpling, creasing, or puckering

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

wrinkle

2

/ ˈɪŋə /

noun

  1. informala clever or useful trick, hint, or dodge

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wrinkle1

1375–1425; late Middle English (noun), back formation from wrinkled, Old English gewrinclod, past participle of gewrinclian to wind round; perhaps akin to wrick, wrench

Origin of wrinkle2

1375–1425; late Middle English, equivalent to wrinc trick ( Old English wrenc; wrench ) + -le
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wrinkle1

C15: back formation from wrinkled, from Old English gewrinclod, past participle of wrinclian to wind around; related to Swedish vrinka to sprain, Lithuanian ñپ to twist. See wrench

Origin of wrinkle2

Old English wrenc trick; related to Middle Low German wrank struggle, Middle High German ranc sudden turn. See wrench
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Parts of her skin are wrinkled and peeling, leaving angry patches of red - the result of malnutrition, a medic tells the BBC.

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And, amid all the hype and analysis surrounding the Dodgers and Padres, there is one little wrinkle: The Dodgers lead the NL West, but the team in second place is not the Padres.

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Their foreheads were pressed together, their eyes were shut, their hands clasped; her lips were ever-so-slightly pursed, his forehead was wrinkled in concentration.

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But unlike in the past, Byrne’s new movie never waylays you with a surprise narrative wrinkle or unexpected thematic depth.

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“Of course, we have breakfast together, me and my wrinkles, him with his youth, but it’s like that,” Macron told Elle France in 2017.

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