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wrinkle

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/

The English word “wrinkle” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
  2. A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
  3. A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
  4. A twist on something existing; a novel difference.
  5. A winkle

verb

  1. To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
  2. To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
  3. To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
  4. To sneer (at).

Etymology

From Middle English wrinkle, wrynkel (“crease, fold, wrinkle”), from the verb (see below). Cognate with Dutch wrinkel (“wrinkle, crease”). Compare also Middle English runkel (“wrinkle”), from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkwǭ (“wrinkle, crease”), whence also French fronce (“crooked smile, scowl, frown”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Danish rynke (“wrinkle”), Swedish rynka…

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