All crimp synonyms
crimp
C c verb crimp
- screw β a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrunch β to crunch, crush, or crumple.
- crisp β Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- pleat β a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- undulate β to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
- flow β to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- wrinkle β an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
- wave β a member of the Waves.
- ruck β a fold or wrinkle; crease.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- crinkle β If something crinkles or if you crinkle it, it becomes slightly creased or folded.
- swirl β to move around or along with a whirling motion; whirl; eddy.
- coil β A coil of rope or wire is a length of it that has been wound into a series of loops.
- crease β Creases are lines that are made in cloth or paper when it is crushed or folded.
- crumple β If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
- frizz β the state of being frizzed.
noun crimp
- curlicue β Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
- cropper β a person who cultivates or harvests a crop
- gaff β harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
- rub β to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- protective custody β detention of a person by the police solely as protection against a possible attack or reprisal by someone.
- flection β the act of bending.
- fluting β a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- curl β If you have curls, your hair is in the form of tight curves and spirals.
- rivel β a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- kink β a twist or curl, as in a thread, rope, wire, or hair, caused by its doubling or bending upon itself.
- snag β a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- glom β to steal.
- rabbet β a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- plicature β the act or procedure of folding.
- jam up β a stoppage or slowing of motion, work, or the like, due to obstruction, overloading, malfunction, or inefficiency; jam: Your letters didn't go out yesterday because there was a jam-up in the mail room.
- crispation β the act of curling or state of being curled
- the rub β an obstacle or difficulty (esp in the phrase there's the rub)
- disincentive β something that discourages or deters; deterrent: High interest rates and government regulations are disincentives to investment.
- kilt β any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- groove β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- smocking β a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.
- mitt β Baseball. a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers. a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- jam-up β a stoppage or slowing of motion, work, or the like, due to obstruction, overloading, malfunction, or inefficiency; jam: Your letters didn't go out yesterday because there was a jam-up in the mail room.
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- scallop β any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- plication β the act or procedure of folding.
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- impedance β Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- lapel β either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- corkscrew β A corkscrew is a device for pulling corks out of bottles.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- knife edge β the cutting edge of a knife.
- obstacle β something that obstructs or hinders progress.