CRIMPED

  

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CRIMPED

Definition: CRIMPED

CRIMPED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Crimp

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "CRIMPED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)


Crosswords: CRIMPED

English words defined with "CRIMPED": Adam's applecoffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, CrimpyEast Indian rosebayNero's crownpinwheel flowerTabernaemontana divaricate. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CRIMPED": BELLOWS FILLERCAN INSPECTOR, crimp liveliness, CRIMPING-MACHINE OPERATOR, CUTTING-AND-PRINTING-MACHINE OPERATORDYNAMITE-CARTRIDGE CRIMPERfuse capGELATIN-DYNAMITE-PACKING OPERATORseam checker, SHOT-TUBE-MACHINE TENDERwire-mesh conveyor belt. (references)

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Commercial Usage: CRIMPED

DomainTitle

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: CRIMPED

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

There were dark wooden presses there where the crimped surplices lay quietly folded.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: CRIMPED

"CRIMPED" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 45.00% of the time. "CRIMPED" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)45%9117,287
Lexical Verb (past tense)30%6143,867
Lexical Verb (past participle)25%5157,705
                    Total100.00%20N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: CRIMPED

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "CRIMPED": crimped-edged.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CRIMPED

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

crimped hair

16

crimped hair style

4

crimped hair picture

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CRIMPED

Language Translations for "CRIMPED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏مجعد (creased, curly, frizzly, furrowed). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

起皱 (Crimping). (various references)

   

Czech

  

verbovaný. (various references)

   

Danish

  

crepepapir (crêpe paper, crepe paper, crimped paper), ustrakt længde (crimped length), skåret krøllet ruche (cut crimped ruche), krympet garn (crimped yarn), kreppet papir (crêpe paper, crepe paper, crimped paper), kreppapir (crêpe paper, crepe paper, crimped paper), krøllet lussenruche (crimped loop ruche), foldet papbæger (crimped-paper cup), bølget tråd (crimped wire). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

crêpepapier (crêpe paper, crepe paper, crimped paper), ongestrekte lengte (crimped length), kroeslussenruche (crimped loop ruche), inzetsteker (crimped pin), ingeweven lengte (crimped length), gesneden kroesruche (cut crimped ruche), gerimpelde vezel (crimped fibre), gerimpeld draadweefsel (crimped wire mesh), gekroesde vezel (crimped fibre), gekroesde lussenruche (crimped loop ruche), gekroesde lengte (crimped length), gekroesd garen (crimped yarn), gekroesd draadweefsel (crimped wire mesh), gegolfde draad (crimped wire), gecrept papier (crêpe paper, crepe paper, crimped paper). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

viripaperi (crêpe paper, crepe paper, crimped paper), kreppipaperi (crepe paper), krepattu paperi (crêpe paper, crepe paper, crimped paper), kiharrettu kuitu (crimped fibre), aaltolankainen metalliviira (crimped wire mesh), aallotettu lanka (crimped wire). (various references)

   

French

  

crêpé (crisp). (various references)

   

German

  

kräuselte (gophered). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Kατσαρή ίνα (crimped fibre), Kατσαρομένο πλέγμα σύρματος (crimped wire mesh), κυπελάκι από πτυχωτό χαρτί (crimped-paper cup), κατσαρή τραχηλιά (crimped loop ruche), κομμένη κατσαρή τραχηλιά (cut crimped ruche), ρητιδωμένο χαρτί (crêpe paper, crepe paper, crimped paper), σχετικό μήκος ίνας (crimped length), πρεσαριστό βύσμα (crimped pin), πρεσαριστή φίσα (crimped pin), πτυχωμένο σύρμα (crimped wire), θηλειωτή τραχηλιά (crimped loop ruche). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hullámkreppelt. (various references)

   

Italian

  

increspato (choppy, corrugated, curly, lumpy, pursy, rippling, ruffling, wrinkled), arricciato (curly). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

impedcray

   

Portuguese

  

crespo (craped, crimpy, curly, frizzly, fuzzy), com crepe (craped). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

cârlionţat (curled, frizzled, kinky, waved). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

завитой (craped, frizzed, frizzly, frizzy, ringleted, ringlety, whorled). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

rizado (crisp, curling, curly, frizzed, frizzly, frizzy, kinky), encrespado (choppy, curly, frizzily). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

veckad (corrugated, frilly, kilted). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: CRIMPED

Derivations

Words ending with "CRIMPED": scrimped. (additional references)


Misspellings

"CRIMPED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chrompac, crampe, crimed, crimle, crimper, crumped, Krampe, Krempel. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "CRIMPED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "CRIMPED" (pronounced kri"mpt)
4-i" m p tlimped.
3-m p tattempt, bumped, camped, clamped, contempt, cramped, damped, decamped, dumped, encamped, exempt, humped, jumped, lumped, plumped, preempt, prompt, pumped, revamped, slumped, stamped, stomped, stumped, swamped, tempt, thumped, trumped, unkempt.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: CRIMPED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-m-p-r"

-1 letter: dermic, priced, primed.

-2 letters: cider, cried, crime, crimp, cripe, dicer, dimer, imped, medic, mired, price, pride, pried, prime, redip, riced, rimed, riped.

-3 letters: cedi, cire, derm, dice, dime, dire, drip, emic, emir, epic, iced, idem, ired, mice, mire, peri, perm, pice, pied, pier, prim, rice, ride, rime, ripe.

-4 letters: cep, die, dim, dip, ice.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-m-p-r"
 

+1 letter: crimpled, premedic, scrimped.

 

+2 letters: comprised, comprized, epidermic, mispriced, paramedic, premedics, princedom.

 

+3 letters: epicardium, hypodermic, imprecated, imprudence, madreporic, paramedics, premedical, princedoms, proclaimed, recompiled, spermicide.

 

+4 letters: compromised, comradeship, cypripedium, demographic, dimercaprol, endomorphic, hypodermics, imprudences, paramedical, pericardium, predicament, spermicidal, spermicides.

 

+5 letters: computerised, computerized, comradeships, cypripediums, decipherment, demographics, dimercaprols, discomposure, dopaminergic, hyperendemic, improvidence, micrographed, misperceived, paedomorphic, paramedicals, predicaments, predominance, predominancy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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