The meaning of CRUMPLE is to press, bend, or crush out of shape : rumple. How to use crumple in a sentence.

Definition of crumple verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

CRUMPLED meaning: 1. (of paper, cloth, etc.) full of folds: 2. (of metal, a vehicle, etc.) having been pressed very…. Learn more.

CRUMPLED definition: rumpled; wrinkled; crushed. See examples of crumpled used in a sentence.

To crush together or press into wrinkles; rumple. 2. To cause to collapse. v. intr. 1. To become wrinkled....

to (cause to) shrivel into small wrinkles or into a small, compact mass: [~ + object] I crumpled the note in my hand. [~ + up + object] She crumpled up the note. [~ + object + up] She crumpled it up. [no …

If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds. She crumpled the paper in her hand. [VERB noun] The front and rear of the …

• As the bullet tore through his leg, he crumpled to the ground. • He crumpled to the ice with a shattered fourth cervical vertebra, his body paralyzed from the neck down.

Her face crumpled [=she looked like she was going to cry] when we told her that she couldn't come with us. At the sight of blood, he crumpled to the floor.

The entire monetary system could crumple. His image has crumpled under the weight of the scandal.