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
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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