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🔗 Pressed together 💇 Wavy or ridged
crimped

crimped

4.6
Made into small, regular folds that look like waves
  • adjective
  • /krɪmpt/
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  • She styled her hair with crimped waves for the party.

Examples

  • The dress featured a crimped hem that gave it a unique flair.

  • The decorator chose crimped paper for the gift wrapping to add texture.

  • I'm just kidding, I have crimped my hair using my Little Mermaid waiver.

Synonyms

crinkled
vscrimped
1 3.7

Having small folds or wrinkles on the surface, like paper

is made into small regular ridges for decoration or neat styling

How Wavy

crimped
4.6
wavy
16 1.3
pleated
1 3.3
flat
797 1.0

Surface Forms

crimped positive

Morphology

crimped = crimp (transparent) = crimp + ed

The adjective describes the state resulting from the verb 'crimp' (having been folded or ridged), a straightforward past-participle derivation.

Etymology

Crimped comes from the same old English verb crympan meaning 'to pinch' or 'make small'. So crimped hair or a crimped pie edge has little pinched waves or folds as a clear, decorative pattern.