Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to crinkle
Participle: crinkled
Gerund: crinkling
Indicative
Present
| I | crinkle |
| you | crinkle |
| he;she;it | crinkles |
| we | crinkle |
| you | crinkle |
| they | crinkle |
Perfect
| I | have crinkled |
| you | have crinkled |
| he;she;it | has crinkled |
| we | have crinkled |
| you | have crinkled |
| they | have crinkled |
Past
| I | crinkled |
| you | crinkled |
| he;she;it | crinkled |
| we | crinkled |
| you | crinkled |
| they | crinkled |
Pluperfect
| I | had crinkled |
| you | had crinkled |
| he;she;it | had crinkled |
| we | had crinkled |
| you | had crinkled |
| they | had crinkled |
Future
| I | will crinkle |
| you | will crinkle |
| he;she;it | will crinkle |
| we | will crinkle |
| you | will crinkle |
| they | will crinkle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have crinkled |
| you | will have crinkled |
| he;she;it | will have crinkled |
| we | will have crinkled |
| you | will have crinkled |
| they | will have crinkled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | crinkle |
| you | crinkle |
| he;she;it | crinkle |
| we | crinkle |
| you | crinkle |
| they | crinkle |
Perfect
| I | have crinkled |
| you | have crinkled |
| he;she;it | have crinkled |
| we | have crinkled |
| you | have crinkled |
| they | have crinkled |
Imperfect
| I | crinkled |
| you | crinkled |
| he;she;it | crinkled |
| we | crinkled |
| you | crinkled |
| they | crinkled |
Pluperfect
| I | had crinkled |
| you | had crinkled |
| he;she;it | had crinkled |
| we | had crinkled |
| you | had crinkled |
| they | had crinkled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would crinkle |
| you | would crinkle |
| he;she;it | would crinkle |
| we | would crinkle |
| you | would crinkle |
| they | would crinkle |
Perfect
| I | would have crinkled |
| you | would have crinkled |
| he;she;it | would have crinkled |
| we | would have crinkled |
| you | would have crinkled |
| they | would have crinkled |
Imperative
| you | crinkle |
| we | Let's crinkle |
| you | crinkle |
Verbs conjugated like 'crinkle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'crinkle'
chinkle,
crankle,
cringle,
crunkle,
drinkle,
trinkle,
wrinkle,
blinkle,
brickle,
crackle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1385, from freq. of O.E.
crincan, var. of
cringan "to bend, yield" (see cringe).
2. From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe. See: Old English '
crincan', Proto-Germanic '
*kringaną', Frisian, Northern 'krenge', Dutch '
krinkelen'.
Sample Sentences
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He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
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The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.
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The green wheat crinkles like a lake. [1908, John Townsend Trowbridge, Vagabonds and other poems:]
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All the rooms were full of crinkling silks. [1856, Elizabeth Browning, Aurora Leigh:]