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Rarecrimping
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.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.
noun
- 1.The act by which something is crimped.
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