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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 rum·ple /ˈrʌmpəl/
 (vt.)(vi.)弄皺,弄得亂七八糟皺紋,皺褶

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rum·ple v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rumpled p. pr. & vb. n. Rumpling ]  To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.
    They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest assignats.   --Burke.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rum·ple, n. A fold or plait; a wrinkle.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 rumple
      v 1: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
           [syn: ruffle, ruffle up, mess up]
      2: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She
         puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, cockle, crumple, knit]
      3: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't
         wrinkle" [syn: crumple, wrinkle, crease, crinkle]