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Clasp
- noun - a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
- fasten with a buckle or buckles
- fasten with or as if with a brooch
- grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands"
- hold firmly and tightly
- the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
Cloop
- - The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
Clump
- noun - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
- a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
- come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- walk clumsily
Co-Op
- noun - a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
Cramp
- noun - a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
- a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
- a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together
- affect with or as if with a cramp
- prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
- secure with a cramp; "cramp the wood"
- suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
Creep
- noun - a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
- grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
- show submission or fear
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
Crimp
- noun - a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
- curl tightly; "crimp hair"
- make ridges into by pinching together
- someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
Crisp
- adjective - (of hair) in small tight curls
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
- a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- brief and to the point; effectively cut short;
- make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
- make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
- pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
- pleasingly firm and fresh; "crisp lettuce"
- tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips"
Croup
- noun - a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
- the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks