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
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 rendermore crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc
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