crumple
/ˈkɹʌmpəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.32 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He crumpled the note and threw it away."
- "He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post."
- "The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post."
- "The team's defensive strategy crumpled."
- "The defenders crumpled owing to exhaustion and dehydration."
- "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."
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.