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Rarecrimped
The correct spelling is crimped.
How to pronounce crimped
verb
IPA: /kɹɪmpt/
Say it like: Cri-mpe-d
The correct spelling is crimped. To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate. For example: "Cornish pasties are crimped during preparation."
Usage Examples
“Cornish pasties are crimped during preparation.”
“He crimped the wire in place.”
“The crimped edges had been welded in earlier models.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
- 2.To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
- 3.To pinch and hold; to seize.
- 4.To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
- 5.To bend or mold leather into shape.
adjective
- 1.With a crimp in it; crushed shut.
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