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Definition: WRINKLING |
WRINKLINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Wrinkle |
Date "WRINKLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | The term used when a paint film burkles at its surface causing a shrivelled appearance. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Small creases of the film through part or the whole of its thickness, occurring in the form of more or less regular undulations of small amplitude. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: WRINKLING |
| Specialty definitions using "WRINKLING": box-covering-machine operator ♦ CARBON-PAPER INTERLEAFER, COVER STRIPPER ♦ EMBOSSING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ MASKING-MACHINE OPERATOR, MOLDER, AUTOMOBILE CARPETS, molder-trimmer ♦ OLIVE BRINE TESTER ♦ storage brine worker, storage laborer, stripping-machine operator ♦ TUBE BENDER, BRASS-WIND INSTRUMENTS ♦ wrapping-machine operator. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "WRINKLING": Wrinkle. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's irritating my nose and wrinkling my suit (Radioactive Dreams; writing credit: Albert Pyun) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Syphilitic aortitis causes markedly irregular wrinkling of the tunica intima, producing the so-called "tree-bark" effect. Note that there are several arteriosclerotic plaques also present. Credit: CDC. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Various therapies to improve the features of chronic photodamage (scaliness, coarse and fine wrinkling, telangiectasis, and irregular pigmentation) including chemical peels, the topical use of 5-fluorouracil, alpha-hydroxy acids, and all-transretinoic acid have been tried. (references) | |
Marked morphologic changes in all parts of the skin, except perhaps the subcutaneous tissue, are recognized as consequences of exposure to UVR. These changes underlie the clinically observed sagging, wrinkling, leathery texture, and blotchy discoloration of skin typically associated with actinic damage. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "WRINKLING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 76.56% of the time. "WRINKLING" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 76.56% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Noun (singular) | 17.19% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.69% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 64 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "WRINKLING": face-wrinkling, fast-wrinkling, nose-wrinkling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
eye kiehls prevent under wrinkling | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "WRINKLING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 起皱纹 (Wrinkled). (various references) | |
Danish | rynkning (puckering), rynkedannelse, krøllet, krøl. (various references) | |
Dutch | schroeiing (searing), rimpeling (puckering), rimpelen (furrow, wrinkle), plooien (fold). (various references) | |
Finnish | ryppyyntyminen (puckering), rypistyminen. (various references) | |
French | ridement, ridage, plissement, plissage, froissement, frisage. (various references) | |
German | runzelnd, faltigen. (various references) | |
Greek | ρυτίδωση (ripple), ζάρωμα (crease, shrinkage), τσαλάκωμα (kink). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "תקמטות (contraction), צמוק (currant, dry, raisin, shrivelled, shrivelling, wrinkled). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kerutan (contraction, creasing). (various references) | |
Italian | sgualcitura, raggrinzamento (puckering), corrugamento (upheaval, uplift (of the earth's crust)). (various references) | |
Korean | 주름짐 (Shrivelling). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inklingwray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | enrugamento (corrugation, shrinkage, wrinkle), engelhamento. (various references) | |
Scottish | cruscladh. (various references) | |
Spanish | rizado (crimped, crisp, curling, curly, frizzed, frizzly, frizzy, kinky), frisado, arrugamiento (cockle, puckering). (various references) | |
Swedish | uppkomst av rynkor, rynkbildning (puckering). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | зморщування (creasing, puckering). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự nhăn, nếp nhăn sự gấp nếp, nếp gấp (crease, ruckle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"WRINKLING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trinkling, wrinklina. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "WRINKLING" (pronounced ri"ngkuling or ri"ngkling) |
| 7 | -i" ng k u l i ng | tinkling, twinkling. |
| 5 | -k u l i ng | bicycling, cackling, circling, cycling, encircling, recycling. |
| 4 | -u l i ng | ambling, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, barreling, battling, belittling, boggling, bottling, bristling, bubbling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, bustling, canceling, cancelling, channeling, chortling, coddling, commingling, counseling, cradling, crippling, crumbling, dabbling, dangling, dazzling, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, doubling, dribbling, drizzling, dwindling, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, entitling, equaling, fizzling, fondling, fumbling, funneling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, groveling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hassling, hobbling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hustling, idling, imperiling, initialing, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, labeling, leveling, mangling, marshaling, meddling, middling, mingling, mislabeling, modeling, mottling, muddling, mumbling, muscling, nibbling, paddling, paneling, parceling, pedaling, peddling, piddling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quibbling, raveling, redoubling, refueling, remodeling, resembling, reshuffling, reveling, rippling, rivaling, ruffling, rumbling, saddling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, settling, shriveling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, spiraling, spiralling, squabbling, stapling, stenciling, strangling, struggling, stumbling, swiveling, tabling, throttling, tingling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, traveling, travelling, trembling, tripling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, unraveling, unsettling, waggling, warbling, wiggling, wobbling, wrangling, yodeling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, angling, assailing, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, beguiling, Belling, billing, blackmailing, boiling, Bolling, bowling, brawling, broiling, buckling, burgling, burling, cajoling, calling, Carling, ceiling, chilling, chronicling, chuckling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, crawling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, darling, dawdling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, drilling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, earthling, emailing, enrolling, entailing, entangling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, galling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, growling, hailing, handling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, holing, howling, hurling, hurtling, inhaling, inkling, installing, instilling, jailing, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, Marling, Melling, milling, mishandling, misspelling, mothballing, mulling, nailing, needling, nestling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, peeling, pickling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, quelling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, reeling, regaling, rekindling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruling, rustling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shuffling, sibling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squealing, stalling, starling, startling, stealing, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strickling, stripling, strolling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, Tilling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, trailing, trampling, trickling, trifling, trilling, trolling, twiddling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, wailing, walling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiling, willing, wrestling, yearling, yelling. |
| 7 | r i" ng k l i ng | sprinkling. |
| 6 | -i" ng k l i ng | inkling. |
| 5 | -ng k l i ng | rankling. |
| 4 | -k l i ng | buckling, chronicling, chuckling, crackling, duckling, heckling, pickling, sparkling, strickling, suckling, swashbuckling, tackling, trickling, weakling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, surveilling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-k-l-n-n-r-w" | |
-1 letter: winkling. | |
-2 letters: inkling, kilning, kirning, linking, winking. | |
-3 letters: inking, irking, lignin, liking, lining, riling, wiling, wining, wiring. | |
-4 letters: iring, kinin, linin, wring. | |
-5 letters: gink, girl, girn, grin, kiln, king, kirn, kiwi, ling, link, linn, liri, ring, rink, wing, wink. | |
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