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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Origin: | Perhaps from Old English cringan; CRINGE |
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crin‧kle1
also crinkle up [intransitive and transitive]
also crinkle up [intransitive and transitive]1 if you crinkle part of your face, or if it crinkles, you move it so that small lines appear on it : 
His mouth crinkled into a smile.He smiled boyishly, crinkling his eyes. Her face crinkled up in disgust.
His mouth crinkled into a smile.He smiled boyishly, crinkling his eyes.Her face crinkled up in disgust.2 to become covered with small folds, or make something do this : The heat was beginning to make the cellophane crinkle.
The heat was beginning to make the cellophane crinkle. —crinkled adjective: The pages were brown and crinkled.
The pages were brown and crinkled.
