crimp
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
Pronunciation
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krimpIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɹɪmp
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
usually in the plural
Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
The natural curliness of wool fibres.
An agent who procures seamen, soldiers, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
verb
To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
To pinch and hold; to seize.
Make ridges into by pinching together
To bend or mold leather into shape.
To gash the flesh, e.g. of a raw fish, to make it crisper when cooked.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
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This meaning: Hair that is shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
Used this way, crimp is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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