Definitions:

1. to cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting verb
   • Warm water cockles my hands.
2. to stir up water so as to form ripples verb
   • The leaf cockled the surface of the lake.

Synonyms:

• crumple
• knit
• pucker
• riffle
• rumple

NearBy Words:

• cockle-bur
• cockle-burr
• cocklebur
• cockleburr
• cockleshell