Meanings
present singular third person scrumples · participle present scrumpling · participle past scrumpled · past scrumpled
- UKTo crumple, crush or wad (like a piece of paper).
...once a piece of paper has been scrumpled no amount of flattening will erase the fact that it has been treated that way
"The Man Who Never Was" by Ewen Montagu, published by J. B. Lippincott Company 1954 Page 871 more example
Throw the first sheet unfolded. Throw the second scrumpled up into a ball. And throw the third after you have folded it into a paper airplane.
2011, Brian Clegg, Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window
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