crumple up

verb

To become crumpled or messily folded up.

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Meanings

verbcrumple up (third-person singular simple present crumples up, present participle crumpling up, simple past and past participle crumpled up)

present singular third person crumples up · participle present crumpling up · participle past crumpled up · past crumpled up

  1. intransitiveTo become crumpled or messily folded up.
  2. transitiveTo crumple or messily fold (something).
  3. broadlyfigurativelyintransitiveTo collapse; to give up and fold in a stressful situation.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
scrump up
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APA

crumple up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crumple%20up

MLA

“crumple up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crumple%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crumple up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crumple%20up.

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