Entry Word: crumple

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in <crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket>

Synonyms crinkle, rumple, scrunch, wrinkle

Related Words corrugate, crease, crimp, fold, furrow, pleat; ripple, ruffle; disarrange, jumble, mess (up), muss (up)

Antonyms iron out, smooth

2 to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure <the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it> — see collapse 1