Synonyms for crimp
krɪmpcrimp

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1. crimpadjective

   Synonyms:
   brittle, friable, crisp

   Antonyms:
   tough, stubborn, viscous, pasty, lentous

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1. fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bendnoun

   an angular or rounded shape made by folding

   "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"

   Synonyms:
   turn, sheep pen, curve, flexure, plication, bending, sheepcote, faithful, flexion, bend, bend dexter, crease, wrinkle, seam, twist, flection, creese, plica, sheepfold, pleating, fold, line, furrow, folding, crinkle, crook, congregation, crimper, flock, kris

2. crimp, crimpernoun

   someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

   Synonyms:
   flexure, crease, hair curler, fold, roller, crimper, bend, plication, curler

3. crimpverb

   a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled

   Synonyms:
   crease, fold, bend, plication, flexure, crimper

4. crimp, pinchverb

   make ridges into by pinching together

   Synonyms:
   tweet, twitch, crape, filch, sneak, hook, snarf, kink up, frizz, frizzle, twinge, cabbage, nobble, pinch, squeeze, kink, lift, top, swipe, purloin, pilfer, vellicate, abstract

5. crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kinkverb

   curl tightly

   "crimp hair"

   Synonyms:
   kink, curve, curl, pinch, kink up, frizz, crepe, frizzle, crape

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1. crimpverb

   Synonyms:
   curl, crisp

2. crimpverb

   Synonyms:
   plait, form into ridges

3. crimpnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] decoyman (for the military service), insnarer, trapanner

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1. crimpverb

   Synonyms:
   curl, crisp, frizz

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How to use crimp in a sentence?

1. Jason Davis:

   We know what our intentions are – to help protect the community and the student body, but when public health starts investigating, it can be intimidating for some people to have a government agent with a clipboard asking questions about their lives, that hesitation puts a crimp in our process, but it’s understandable.

2. Anthony Hatch:

   If you reduced speeds down to 30 mph, you would not have a corresponding drop in accidents, but it would severely crimp the capacity of a vitally important part of the economy.