Word "CRIMP" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
curl tightly
Synonyms:
crape, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up
Examples:
crimp hair

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an angular or rounded shape made by folding
Synonyms:
bend, crease, flexure, fold, plication

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
Synonyms:
crimper

Crossword Clues for CRIMP

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Clue Source Date
Kink New York Times 20 Sep 2025
Create waves in, as hair or pie crust edges Wall Street Journal 14 Jul 2025
Make tight curls in, as hair
Put tight waves or curls into hair with curling tongs (5)
Crenellate (5)
Pinch into folds Commuter 25 Feb 2025
Put waves in (hair)
Pinch, fold
Corrugate, as hair
Pinch, as a pie crust LA Times Mini 07 Nov 2024
Compress (something) into small folds or ridges (5)
Gang member bored by opening of Magic Flute (5) The Guardian Cryptic 31 Oct 2024
One in the Mounties was wrong to put tight waves in it (5)
Sleeve for joining e.g. wire and nylon line (5)
He may perhaps steal piano and flute The Times Cryptic 26 Jul 2024
Make wavy, with a curling iron Wall Street Journal 30 Apr 2024
Pinch some dough, say
Start to panic at endless crime wave (5)
Fold part of zinc rim, perhaps The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Jul 2023
Fingertips-only rock-climbing grip New York Times 13 May 2023
Make wavy Thomas Joseph 28 Feb 2023
Press into folds Premier Sunday 04 Dec 2022
Make wavy Newsday 30 Nov 2022
Pinch together LA Times Daily 27 Apr 2022
Pinch together The Washington Post 27 Apr 2022
Pinch into small folds
Inhibit Eugene Sheffer 04 Mar 2022
Make wavy Newsday 25 Sep 2021
Pinch, as piecrust The Washington Post 22 Feb 2021
Pinch, as piecrust LA Times Daily 22 Feb 2021
Make wavy Thomas Joseph 16 Sep 2020
Wave from urchin holding up crown
Perhaps lag behind on jeep, arriving at bend
Pinch, as the edge of a piecrust Newsday 07 Apr 2020
Cause to curl USA Today 22 Feb 2020
Pinch into small ridges Premier Sunday 08 Sep 2019
Make curly Universal 30 Jul 2019
Put waves in Newsday 25 Jan 2019
Make curly
Connect by squeezing together The Times Concise 20 Nov 2018
Curl copper up round edge
Treatment from stylist, extremely clever devil
Tuck member under bed with no base
Inhibit Universal 09 Oct 2017
Pinch, as piecrust USA Today 30 Sep 2017
Make waves in Wall Street Journal 21 Jan 2017
Pinch, as in pie crust Eugene Sheffer 18 Jan 2017
Pinch, as piecrust
Inhibit
Finish a pie crust Universal 02 Sep 2016
Make into tight curls Newsday 24 Jul 2016
Make wavy Newsday 13 Jun 2016
Small hindrance, as in plans USA Today 05 Dec 2015
Restrain Newsday 14 Aug 2015
Wave caught highest point of promenade, swamping verge The Telegraph Toughie 13 Aug 2015
Form ringlets in New York Times 06 Mar 2015
Angular hair wave Universal 09 Feb 2015
Compress into small folds or ridges The Times Concise 15 Jan 2015
Restrain
Form ringlets in
Small hindrance, as in plans
Angular hair wave
Press into small folds
Pinch and press, as pie crust edges
Pinch, as pie crust
Pinch the edges of a piecrust
Form tight curls in
Pinch into small folds
Pinch into folds
Hinder
Make wavy
Hamper
Press into folds
Small hindrance, as in plans
Pinch, as a piecrust
Make curly
Inhibit
Hamper
Make corrugated
Use a curling iron
Pinch into folds
Pinch
Pinch together
Seal, as a piecrust
Inhibit
Small hindrance, as in plans
Hindrance
Make wavy
Pinch together
Pinch together
Put a ___ in (interfere with)
Make wavy
Pinch edges (as a piecrust)
Bend into shape
Corrugate
Finish a pastry crust
Pinch into folds
Hindrance
Curl
Wrinkle
Bend into shape
Pinch together
Crease or fold
Pleat
Put a wave in
Pucker up
Use a hair-curler
Corrugate
Press into folds.
Curl
Pleat.
Pinch into folds or flutings.
Press in narrow folds.
Series of pleats.
Fold or pleat.
Make wavy.
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