The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GIMP which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1965.
Ribbonlike trimming crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GIMP | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ribbonlike trimming
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gimp
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- tatter
Crossword Answer definitions
GIMP noun- A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
- Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.
- The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
- (chiefly North Eastern US) Gumption
- (of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
- To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves.
- A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
- A crippled leg.
- A limp or a limping gait.
- A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
- (BDSM) A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.
- A character or ability that is underpowered.
- To limp; to hobble.
- To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.
- (Scotland and N England) Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
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