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# crinkly

«crinkly» in Mova's school dictionary: **having lots of small folds, lines or wrinkles** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (crinkly, crinklier, crinkliest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Crinkly means having lots of small folds, lines or wrinkles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkly/#m1)

2) Crinkly also means making a light crackling sound when touched or crushed, like crisp paper or foil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories crinkly describes an old person's smiling eyes, crinkly paper, crinkly leaves or crinkly crisps; babies love crinkly toys. In art lessons crêpe paper is crinkly. Phrases: crinkly paper, crinkly eyes, crinkly hair.

### examples

- Grandpa's eyes went crinkly when he smiled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkly/#x1)
- The present was wrapped in crinkly paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkly/#x2)
- The baby loved the crinkly book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkly/#x3)
- The old leaves were dry and crinkly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkly/#x4)
- Crinkly crisps are my favourite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkly/#x5)
- Her hair is crinkly after she takes out her plaits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkly/#x6)

### note

Comparison: crinkly, crinklier, crinkliest. Verb: crinkle. Similar: wrinkly (more about skin), crumpled, crinkled.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crinkly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crinkly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.