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
10. (verb)Crimp to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen
11. (verb)Crimp to cause to contract, or to rendermore crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc