CRIMPING Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

crimping

verb

present participle of crimp

as in pinching

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as in corrugating

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Verb

And Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s largest oil producers, shut down its pipeline across the Arabian Peninsula to the Red Sea, an alternative route for its oil, as a precaution, pinching the world’s supply of oil even more.

— Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Deadhead the dead flowers by hand, pinching and twisting the blooms away from the stems.

— Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of pinching

Verb

Teams then cyclize the peptide, folding a linear amino acid chain into a ring, and swap individual amino acids for more stable alternatives.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
For starters, the amino acid must be compatible with the backbone folding up into its planned structure.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of folding

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Shaiman even helped oversee the editing process, painstakingly tweaking his narration.

— Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Central banks were mostly set up initially to backstop banks and eventually began trying to regulate the temperature of economies by tweaking the cost of their funding by moving their overnight interest rates up and down.

— Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of tweaking

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The formula is designed to deliver up to 16 hours of wear without primer and is resistant to creasing, caking, fading and smudging.

— Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Samsung has unveiled a new flexible display technology for foldable phones that’s designed to be slimmer, more durable, and less prone to creasing.

— Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 15 July 2026

Definition of creasing

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Jay just gets bumped from one squishy chamber of viscous lumps to another, fighting like hell to avoid following his squid adversary through a puckering hole and deeper into the digestive system, where the air turns into methane.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Its mouth-puckering quality comes from acetic acid made from grain alcohol.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026

Definition of puckering

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The floor-length dress was crafted with a sweetheart neckline, with some fabric ruching and pleating at the bodice.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
Place dough circles in the wells of a 12-cup muffin tray, pressing into bottoms and up sides, pleating edges as needed.

— Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025

Definition of pleating

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