crimped
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- IPA /kɹɪmpt/
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Verb
crimped verb
- To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.“Cornish pasties are crimped during preparation.”
- To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.“He crimped the wire in place.”
- To pinch and hold; to seize.
- To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
crimped verb
- To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
Adjective
crimped adjective
- With a crimp in it; crushed shut.“The crimped edges had been welded in earlier models.”
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