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Word entry · 5 letters

crimp

Best crossword clue

"Pinch into ridges"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /kɹɪmp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cimprStarts with CEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2R3I4M5P

Definitions

  1. To press, pinch, curl, or fold something into ridges.

Word origin

Uncertain. Likely from etymology 1, above, but the historical development is not clear. Attested since the seventeenth century.

Used in a sentence

  • Now the Fowler […] Treads the crimp Earth,
  • The evidence is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves
  • The strap was held together by a simple metal crimp.

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