Crimp - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|krɪmp|
Brit.
|krɪmp|
noun
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding (syn: bend, crease, flexure, fold, plication)
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers (syn: crimper)
- a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers (syn: crimper)
- a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
verb
- make ridges into by pinching together (syn: pinch)
- curl tightly (syn: crape, frizz, frizzle, kink)
- curl tightly (syn: crape, frizz, frizzle, kink)
crimp hair
Extra examples
Use a hot iron to crimp the edges.
They offered three guineas ahead to the crimps for every good able seaman.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: crimp
he/she/it: crimps
present participle: crimping
past tense: crimped
past participle: crimped
I/you/we/they: crimp
he/she/it: crimps
present participle: crimping
past tense: crimped
past participle: crimped
noun
singular: crimp
plural: crimps
singular: crimp
plural: crimps
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