crimp | (noun) a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled | - |
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(noun) someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers | Synonyms: crimper |
(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crease, flexure, fold, plication |
(verb) curl tightly | Synonyms: crape, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up |
(verb) make ridges into by pinching together | Synonyms: pinch |
primp | (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: dress, plume, preen |
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scrimp | (verb) subsist on a meager allowance | Synonyms: skimp, stint |
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shrimp | (noun) small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible | - |
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(noun) any of various edible decapod crustaceans | Synonyms: prawn |
(noun) disparaging terms for small people | Synonyms: half-pint, peewee, runt |
(verb) fish for shrimp | - |