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Definition of Wrikle

Wrin"kle (?), n. A winkle. [Local, U. S.]

Wrin"kle, n. [OE. wrinkil, AS. wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan. rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G. runzel, L. ruga. &?;&?;&?;&?;.]

1. A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth. "The wrinkles in my brows." Shak.

Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth.
Emerson.

2. hence, any roughness; unevenness.

Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky.
Dryden.

3. [Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a twisting, deceit. Cf. Wrench, n.] A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. [Colloq.]

Wrin"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrinkled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wrinkling (?).]

1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow. "Sport that wrinkled Care derides." Milton.

Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed.
Pope.

2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.

A keen north wind that, blowing dry,
Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed.
Milton.

Then danced we on the wrinkled sand.
Bryant.

To wrinkle at, to sneer at. [Obs.] Marston.

Wrin"kle, v. i. To shrink into furrows and ridges.

Wrin"kle (?), n. A winkle. [Local, U. S.]

Wrin"kle, n. [OE. wrinkil, AS. wrincle; akin to OD. wrinckel, and prob. to Dan. rynke, Sw. rynka, Icel. hrukka, OHG. runza, G. runzel, L. ruga. &?;&?;&?;&?;.]

1. A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth. "The wrinkles in my brows." Shak.

Within I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth.
Emerson.

2. hence, any roughness; unevenness.

Not the least wrinkle to deform the sky.
Dryden.

3. [Perhaps a different word, and a dim. AS. wrenc a twisting, deceit. Cf. Wrench, n.] A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle. [Colloq.]

Wrin"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrinkled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wrinkling (?).]

1. To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow. "Sport that wrinkled Care derides." Milton.

Her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed.
Pope.

2. Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way.

A keen north wind that, blowing dry,
Wrinkled the face of deluge, as decayed.
Milton.

Then danced we on the wrinkled sand.
Bryant.

To wrinkle at, to sneer at. [Obs.] Marston.

Wrin"kle, v. i. To shrink into furrows and ridges.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)



WRINKLE. A wrinkle-bellied whore; one who has had
a number of bastards: child-bearing leaves wrinkles in a
woman's belly. To take the wrinkles out of any one's
belly; to fill it out by a hearty meal. You have one
wrinkle more in your a-se; i.e. you have one piece of
knowledge more than you had, every fresh piece of
knowledge being supposed by the vulgar naturalists to add a
wrinkle to that part.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)



  • a small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface
  • a line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue
  • a fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out
  • to make wrinkles
  • to pucker
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia



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