crimp (73 synonym found)

Crimp has 73 synonyms. The top synonyms for crimp are hold for ransom, mortgage shark, confidence man, bunco steerer, angular shape, shortchanger, pulverizable, land-grabber and 65 more. Another word for crimp is hold for ransom. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for crimp?

A common synonym for crimp is hold for ransom. Other synonyms include mortgage shark, confidence man, bunco steerer, angular shape.

How many synonyms does crimp have?

Crimp has 73 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does crimp mean?

(adj): easily crumbled; friable; brittle; weak; inconsistent; contradictory (n): a fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often wi

Definition of crimp:

(adj) : easily crumbled; friable; brittle; weak; inconsistent; contradictory
(n) : a fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts; a coal broker. [Provincial England]
"the strap was held together by a simple metal crimp."
(v) : to fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened; to style hair into a crimp
"he crimped the wire in place."
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Definition of crimp:

(adj) : easily crumbled; friable; brittle; weak; inconsistent; contradictory
(n) : a fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts; a coal broker. [Provincial England]
"the strap was held together by a simple metal crimp."
(v) : to fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened; to style hair into a crimp
"he crimped the wire in place."
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