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Definition: Wrinkly |
WrinklyAdjective1. Marked with wrinkles or furrows; "her ancient wrinkled cheeks". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: WrinklySynonym: wrinkled (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | When I get so worn and wrinkly that I look like David Brinkley? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) You think you're bad? All mean and haunty? Picking on poor pathetic Cordy? Well, get ready to haul your wrinkly translucent ass out of this place because, lady, the bitch is back. (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Wrinkly" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Wrinkly" is used about 23 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 23 | 72,767 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
fruit wrinkly | 11 |
dog wrinkly | 7 |
old wrinkly | 4 |
tit wrinkly | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "wrinkly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i rrudhosur (creasy, rugous, wrinkled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كثير التجاعد, متجعد (crimpy, curling, frizzy, rugged, wrinkled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сбръчкан (shrivelled, wizen, wizened, wrinkled), с бръчки, набръчкан (contracted, furrowed, plicate, puckery, rugged, rugose, wrinkled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vioque, ridé (wrinkled), qui fait des plis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | faltige (wrinkled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρυτιδωμένοσ (wizened), ζαρωμένοσ (rugose, runty, scrubby, shrunk, shrunken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ráncos (creased, creasy, crinkly, puckered, puckery, rugous, seamed, weazened, withered, wizen, wizened, wrinkled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inklywray rugoso (furry, gnarled, gnarly, hackmatack, joggly, lumpy, ridged, ridgy, rough, rugged, rugous, scabrous, scraggy, scratchy, scrawny), enrugado (contracted, corrugated, Crimp, shrunken), com rugas. (various references) морщинистый (creasy, crinkly, furrowed, lined, liny, rugose, rugous, wizened). (various references) zgužvan, naboran (pleated, rugose, rugous, wrinkled). (various references) rynkig (lined, rugose, rugous, wizened, wrinkled). (various references) kırışık (corrugation, crease, Crinkle, crinkly, crisp, crispy, furrow, liny, pucker, ruck, seam, wrinkle, wrinkled), kırış kırış (wrinkled), buruşuk (crease, creased, crinkly, crumpled, lined, liny, pursy, ruck, rugose, wrinkled), buruş buruş (creased, mussy, shrivelled, wrinkled), çatık (frowning). (various references) зморшкуватий (lined, rugged, rugose, rugous, withered, wrinkled). (various references) nhăn nheo gợn sóng gấp nếp; nh u. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Wrinkly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: wrink. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "wrinkly" (pronounced 'Wrin"kly'): Crinkly, Fickly, Freckly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-k-l-n-r-w-y" | |
-2 letters: linky. | |
-3 letters: inky, inly, kiln, kirn, link, liny, rink, wily, wink, winy, wiry. | |
-4 letters: ilk, ink, irk, kin, kir, lin, nil, rin, win, wry, wyn, yin. | |
-5 letters: in, li. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 72 69 6E 6B 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. .. -. -.- .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01110010 01101001 01101110 01101011 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W r i n k l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0072 0069 006E 006B 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57847580777891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, арабский, arapski, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, alemão, немецкий, germanski, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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