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   rumple

   /ˈrʌmp(ə)l/

   verb

   • 1. give a creased, ruffled, or dishevelled appearance to: "the girl rumpled his thin streaky hair" Similar crumplecreasewrinkletumblecrushcrinkleruckruck upscrunch updisorderrare:ruckleruffledisarrangetousledishevelrun one's fingers throughrifflemake untidymess upmake a mess ofinformal:mussmuss upOpposite smooth (out)smooth

   noun

   • 1. an untidy state: "she left her clothes in a rumple on the floor"

   Word Origin early 16th century (as a noun in the sense ‘wrinkle’): from Middle Dutch rompel.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rumply adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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