Word: crimping
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: crim
ping
Definition: The act by which something is crimped.
Morphemes:
Affix: crimp
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To style hair into a crimp, to form hair into tight curls, to make it kinky.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: crimpen
Language: enm
Decoded: crimpen
Meaning: to be contracted, be drawn together
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.