Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crinkle \Crin"kle\ (kr[i^][ng]"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Crinkled} (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crinkling} (-kl[i^]ng).]
   [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind
   or twist. Cf. {Cringle}, {Cringe}.]
   To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into
   inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

         The house?s crinkled to and fro.         --Chaucer.

         Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously
         wrinkled.                                --Skelton.

         The flames through all the casements pushing forth,
         Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.

Crinkle \Crin"kle\, v. i.
   To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or
   turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle,
   as stiff cloth when moved.

         The green wheat crinkles like a lake.    --L. T.
                                                  Trowbridge.

         And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.

Crinkle \Crin"kle\, n.
   A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.

         The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear
         double.                                  --A. Tucker.

Source : WordNet®

crinkle
     v 1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress
          got wrinkled" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crease}, {scrunch},
           {scrunch up}, {crisp}]
     2: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't
        wrinkle" [syn: {rumple}, {crumple}, {wrinkle}, {crease}]

crinkle
     n : a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his
         face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
         [syn: {wrinkle}, {furrow}, {crease}, {seam}, {line}]