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creping

creping is the present participle and gerund of crepe.

Meaning of crepe

Verb

crepe (third-person singular simple present crepes, present participle creping, simple past and past participle creped)

  1. (transitive) To cover in crepe.
  2. (transitive) To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper
  3. (transitive) To frizz (the hair).

See all 8 meanings of crepe

Questions about creping

What is creping the present participle and gerund of?
Creping is the present participle and gerund of crepe.

Words near creping in the dictionary

  1. crepiere
  2. crepieres
  3. crepiers
  4. crepiest
  5. crepiness
  6. creping
  7. crepis
  8. crepitaculum
  9. crepital
  10. crepitance
  11. crepitant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: creping (page history and authors); crepe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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