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crimped

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  • IPA /kɹɪmpt/

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Verb

crimped verb

  1. To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.“Cornish pasties are crimped during preparation.”
  2. To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.“He crimped the wire in place.”
  3. To pinch and hold; to seize.
  4. To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.

crimped verb

  1. To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.

Adjective

crimped adjective

  1. With a crimp in it; crushed shut.“The crimped edges had been welded in earlier models.”

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