Crimping

/ˈkɹɪmpɪŋ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:20 pts8 letters

Definition of Crimping

verb

  1. To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.

    "Cornish pasties are crimped during preparation."

  2. To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.

    "He crimped the wire in place."

  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.

verb

  1. To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.

Anagrams of Crimping

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