crimp

crimp ¹  (krmp)

tr.v. crimped, crimp·ing, crimps

1. To press or pinch into small regular folds or ridges: crimp a pie crust.

2. To bend or mold (leather) into shape.

3. To cause (hair) to form tight curls or waves.

4. To have a hampering or obstructive effect on: Supplies of foreign oil were crimped by the embargo.

n.

1. The act of crimping.

2. Something made by or as if by crimping, as:

a. Hair that has been tightly curled or waved.

b. A series of curls, as of wool fibers.

c. A crease or bend.

3. An obstructing or hampering agent or force: Rising interest rates put a crimp in new home construction.

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[Dutch or Low German krimpen, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German.]

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crimper n.

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crimp ²  (krmp)

n.

A person who tricks or coerces others into service as sailors or soldiers.

tr.v. crimped, crimp·ing, crimps

To procure (sailors or soldiers) by trickery or coercion.

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[Origin unknown.]

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crimp¹

vb (tr)

1. to fold or press into ridges

2. to fold and pinch together (something, such as the edges of two pieces of metal)

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) to curl or wave (the hair) tightly, esp with curling tongs

4. (Cookery) to decorate (the edge of pastry) by pinching with the fingers to give a fluted effect

5. (Cookery) to gash (fish or meat) with a knife to make the flesh firmer and crisper when cooked

6. (Clothing & Fashion) to bend or mould (leather) into shape, as for shoes

7. (Engineering / Metallurgy) Metallurgy to bend the edges of (a metal plate) before forming into a cylinder

8. Informal chiefly US to hinder

n

1. the act or result of folding or pressing together or into ridges

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) a tight wave or curl in the hair

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a crease or fold in a metal sheet

4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) the natural wave of wool fibres

[Old English crympan; related to crump bent, Old Norse kreppa to contract, Old High German crumpf, Old Swedish crumb crooked; see cramp¹]

crimper  n

crimpy  adj

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crimp²

n

(Military) (formerly) a person who swindled or pressganged men into naval or military service

vb

to recruit by coercion or under false pretences

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crimp - 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" crease, fold, plication, flexure, bend pleat, plait - any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape angular shape, angularity - a shape having one or more sharp angles twirl, kink, twist - a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight pucker, ruck - an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
	2.	crimp - someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers crimper abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher - someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
	3.	crimp - a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled lock, ringlet, whorl, curl - a strand or cluster of hair pin curl - a curl of hair made by dampening a strand of hair and curling it and holding the curl with a clip or bobby pin kiss curl, spit curl - a spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek
Verb	1.	crimp - make ridges into by pinching together pinch fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" flute - form flutes in
	2.	crimp - curl tightly; "crimp hair" frizz, kink, kink up, frizzle, crape curl, wave - twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"

Translations

crimp [krɪmp] VT [+ hair] → rizar, encrespar

crimp [ˈkrɪmp] vt

[+ hair] → friser, frisotter

[+ edges of pastry] → pincer

crimp

vt hair → (mit der Brennschere) wellen

crimp [krɪmp] vt (hair) → arricciare; (material) → pieghettare