The meaning of CRUMPLE is to press, bend, or crush out of shape : rumple. How to use crumple in a sentence.

Definition of crumple verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

CRUMPLED definition: 1. (of paper, cloth, etc.) full of folds: 2. (of metal, a vehicle, etc.) having been pressed very…. Learn more.

To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple. 2. To cause to collapse. v. intr. 1. To become wrinkled....

CRUMPLE definition: to press or crush into irregular folds or into a compact mass; bend out of shape; rumple; wrinkle. See examples of crumple used in a sentence.

to (cause to) shrivel into small wrinkles or into a small, compact mass: [~ + object] I crumpled the note in my hand. [~ + up + object] She crumpled up the note. [~ + object + up] She crumpled it …

If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds. She crumpled the paper in her hand. [VERB noun] The front and …

The fabric is stiff and does not crumple [= wrinkle, rumple] easily. Her face crumpled [=she looked like she was going to cry] when we told her that she couldn't come with us.

• As the bullet tore through his leg, he crumpled to the ground. • He crumpled to the ice with a shattered fourth cervical vertebra, his body paralyzed from the neck down.

Crumple comes from the Old English word crump meaning "bent, crooked," and it can describe something that has buckled or collapsed. If you're jumping up and down on a cardboard box, …