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rumple¹

  • /ˈɹʌmpəl/

Rhymes with -ʌmpəl

Where it comes from

From Middle English rimplen (“to become wrinkled”). Compare German rumpeln (“to din, to make the welkin ring”) and Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”).

verb rumples · rumpling · rumpled

  1. transitive To make wrinkled, particularly fabric. I'll rumple my bedsheets so it looks like I was here last night.
  2. transitive To muss; to tousle.

noun rumples

  1. A wrinkle.

Rumple²

proper noun Rumples

  1. A surname.

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verb to make wrinkled

Españolarrugar
日本語くしゃくしゃにする kushakusha ni suru
中文弄皺 /弄皱 nòngzhòu, 弄绉 nòng zhòu, 皺褶 /皱褶 zhòuzhě
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Deutschzerknittern
Русскиймять mjatʹ, смять smjatʹ, ко́мкать kómkatʹ, ско́мкать skómkatʹ

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@misc{rumple_2026,
  title = {rumple},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rumple},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}