crimp

1. 1.

   make ridges into by pinching together

   Synonymspinch

   Broaderfold

   Narrowerflute
2. 2.

   curl tightly

   “crimp hair”

   Synonymscrapefrizzlefrizzkink upkink

   Broadercurl

Other forms of crimp

plural

crimps·

past tense

crimped·

present participle

crimping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crimp

What does crimp mean?

crimp means "an angular or rounded shape made by folding". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crimp?

crimp has 1 syllable: crimp. In IPA it is /ˈkɹɪmp/.

What is another word for crimp?

Close synonyms include fold, crease, plication, flexure, bend. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crimp a common word?

crimp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.