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crimping

The correct spelling is crimping.

How to pronounce crimping

verb

IPA: /ˈkɹɪmpɪŋ/

Say it like: Cri-mpi-ng

The correct spelling is crimping. 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.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
  2. 2.To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
  3. 3.To pinch and hold; to seize.
  4. 4.To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
  5. 5.To bend or mold leather into shape.

noun

  1. 1.The act by which something is crimped.

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