Overview of verb crumple

The verb crumple has 4 senses

• crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse -- (fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down")


• buckle, crumple -- (fold or collapse; "His knees buckled")


• pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit -- (to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips")


• rumple, crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle -- (become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle")

Overview of adj crumpled

The adj crumpled has 1 sense

• bent, crumpled, dented -- (of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders")