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Added 9 October 2026

rumple

/ˈɹʌmpəl/ verb

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about rumple at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

noun

A wrinkle.

Origin

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

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