Crumple \Crum"ple\ (kr[u^]m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumpled} (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumpling} (-pl[i^]ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.
They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. --Addison.
Crumple \Crum"ple\, v. i. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.
His is a breed found more rarely among British executives whose entrepreneurial zeal seems to crumple in the corridors of corporate HQs.
CALVIN COOLIDGE: If he didn't like a written question, he'd crumple it up and throw it away.
If he didn't like a written question, he'd crumple it up and throw it away.
It's certainly the most enduring one in a country that has seen invaders conquer and crumple and governments rise and fall.
Left-wing fabrics, it was pointed out at the time, should be "soft and crumple proof.