zerknittern — meaning in English

English meaning

• crinkle verb To squeeze or bend something so it gets small, uneven folds.
• crumple verb To crush something into creases and wrinkles.
• rumple verb To crease or crumple something, especially cloth or hair.
• wrinkle noun A small crease or fold in an otherwise smooth surface, especially skin or fabric.

Senses

zerknittern is used for these senses in English:

• crinkle (ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
• crinkling The act or sound or something being crinkled.
• crumple (transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.
• rumple (transitive) To make wrinkled, particularly fabric.
• wrinkle (transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.

crinkle — full definition

1. verb To squeeze or bend something so it gets small, uneven folds.
2. verb To make a soft crackling sound, the way stiff fabric does when moved.

crumple — full definition

1. verb To crush something into creases and wrinkles.
2. verb To collapse, give way, or fall apart, often suddenly.

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