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Definition: CRIMPED |
CRIMPEDImperative & past participle1. Of Crimp |
Date "CRIMPED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Crosswords: CRIMPED |
| English words defined with "CRIMPED": Adam's apple ♦ coffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, Crimpy ♦ East Indian rosebay ♦ Nero's crown ♦ pinwheel flower ♦ Tabernaemontana divaricate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CRIMPED": BELLOWS FILLER ♦ CAN INSPECTOR, crimp liveliness, CRIMPING-MACHINE OPERATOR, CUTTING-AND-PRINTING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ DYNAMITE-CARTRIDGE CRIMPER ♦ fuse cap ♦ GELATIN-DYNAMITE-PACKING OPERATOR ♦ seam checker, SHOT-TUBE-MACHINE TENDER ♦ wire-mesh conveyor belt. (references) |
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High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 45% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 30% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 25% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "CRIMPED": crimped-edged. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crimped hair | 16 |
crimped hair style | 4 |
crimped hair picture | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 crespo (craped, crimpy, curly, frizzly, fuzzy), com crepe (craped). (various references) cârlionţat (curled, frizzled, kinky, waved). (various references) завитой (craped, frizzed, frizzly, frizzy, ringleted, ringlety, whorled). (various references) rizado (crisp, curling, curly, frizzed, frizzly, frizzy, kinky), encrespado (choppy, curly, frizzily). (various references) veckad (corrugated, frilly, kilted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "CRIMPED": scrimped. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CRIMPED" (pronounced kri"mpt) |
| 4 | -i" m p t | limped. |
| 3 | -m p t | attempt, 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. | ||
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. | |
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| 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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