Crumpling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Crumpling is a noun meaning The act by which something crumples.
Meaning
The act by which something crumples.
More Meanings
- A crumpled shape or structure.
- present participle and gerund of crumple
Example Sentences
Watt saw the little movements of the stuff, the little bulgings and crumplings, and the sudden indrawings, where it was nipped, between forefinger and thumb probably, for those are the nippers.
When strata are so unsymmetrically and abundantly folded that it becomes difficult or impossible to trace out the individual flexures and crumplings — the whole forming an irregular complex of folds — they are said to be contorted […]
Word Forms
- crumplings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pucker, rumple, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, buckle.
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