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Definition of 'CRIMP'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) crimp
to press into small regular folds; make wavy.

2.  crimp
to curl (hair), esp. with a curling iron.

3.  crimp
to seal by pressing together.

4.  crimp
to restrain or hinder.

5.  crimp
to corrugate (sheet metal, cardboard, etc.).

6.  crimp
to bend (leather) into shape.

7.  crimp
to fold the edges of (sheet metal) to make a lock seam.

8. (n.) crimp
the act of crimping.

9.  crimp
a crimped condition or form.

10.  crimp
Usu., crimps. waves or curls, esp. in hair that has been crimped.

11.  crimp
the waviness of a fiber, either natural, as in sheep wool, or produced by weaving, plaiting, or other processes.

12.  crimp
a crease formed in sheet metal or plate metal to make the material less flexible or for fastening purposes.

13. (n.) crimp
a person engaged in enlisting sailors, soldiers, etc., by persuasion, swindling, or coercion.

14. (v.t.) crimp
to enlist (sailors, soldiers, etc.) by such means.

Etymology: (1630–40; perh. crimp¹)

Definition of 'CRIMP'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
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"

2. (noun) crimp, crimper
someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

3. (verb) crimp
a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled

4. (verb) crimp, pinch
make ridges into by pinching together

5. (verb) crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
curl tightly
"crimp hair"

Definition of 'CRIMP'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) CRIMP
easily crumbled; friable; brittle

2. (adj) CRIMP
weak; inconsistent; contradictory

3. (noun) CRIMP
a coal broker

4. (noun) CRIMP
one who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service

5. (noun) CRIMP
a keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced

6. (noun) CRIMP
hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl

7. (noun) CRIMP
a game at cards

8. (verb) CRIMP
to fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp

9. (verb) CRIMP
to pinch and hold; to seize

10. (verb) CRIMP
to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen

11. (verb) CRIMP
to cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc

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