crimp
Meaning of crimp
verb
- compress (something) into small folds or ridges.
she crimped the edge of the pie
- have a limiting or adverse effect on (something).
his zeal about his career can crimp the rest of his life
- a folded or compressed edge.
- a restriction or limitation.
the crimp on take-home pay has been even tighter since taxes were raised
Old English gecrympan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krimpen ‘shrink, wrinkle’. Of rare occurrence before the 18th century, the word was perhaps reintroduced from Low German or Dutch.
Information about crimp
- The plural form of crimp is: crimps.
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Hyphenation of crimp
crimp
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- crimp is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
crimp synonyms
Meaning fold:
fold, crease, plication, flexure, bend
Meaning crimper:
Meaning pinch:
Meaning crape:
Meaning speak in a melodious way:
Meaning fold into pleats:
Meaning contract or cause to contract into wrinkles or folds:
Meaning disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it:
Meaning make a rut, groove, or trail in (the ground or the surface of something):
Meaning make a groove or grooves in:
Meaning mark with or form into narrow raised bands:
Meaning form or become marked with lines or folds:
Meaning form into small surface creases or wrinkles:
Meaning crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled:
Meaning (especially with reference to a person's face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds:
Meaning draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it:
Meaning another term for ruck2:
Words that rhyme with crimp
scrimp, grimp, shrimp, thrimp, skrimp, primp
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