Definition of crimp Crimp

/kɹɪˈmp/ - [krimp] - crimp

We found 32 definitions of crimp from 6 different sources.

What does crimp mean?

Noun Plural: crimps
crimp - a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
		curl, whorl, ringlet, lock American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
		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
crimp - someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
		crimper
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"
		fold, crease, plication, flexure, bend
		angular shape, angularity a shape having one or more sharp angles
		pleat, plait any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
		twirl, kink, twist a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; "there are still a few kinks to iron out"
Verb crimps, crimping, crimped
crimp - make ridges into by pinching together
		pinch
		fold up, fold, turn up incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
		flute form flutes in
crimp - curl tightly; "crimp hair"
		crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
		curl, wave form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

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crimp (Noun)
A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
crimp (Noun)
A coal broker.
crimp (Noun)
One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
crimp (Noun)
A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
crimp (Noun)
A hairstyle which has been crimped, or shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
crimp (Noun)
A game of cards.
crimp (Noun)
An agent making it his business to procure seamen, soldiers, etc. , especially by seducing, decoying, entrapping, or impressing them. Since the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, applied to one who infringes sub-section 1 of this Act, i. e. to a person other than the owner, master, etc. , who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
crimp (Verb)
To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
crimp (Verb)
To style hair into a crimp.
crimp (Verb)
To join the edges of food products. For example: Cornish pasty , pies, jiaozi, Jamaican patty , and sealed crustless sandwich .
crimp (Verb)
To impress seamen or soldiers; to entrap, to decoy.
crimp (Adjective)
Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
crimp (Adjective)
Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

crimp (v. t.)
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.
crimp (v. t.)
To pinch and hold; to seize.
crimp (v. t.)
to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.
crimp (v. t.)
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.
crimp (a.)
Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
crimp (a.)
Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
crimp (n.)
A coal broker.
crimp (n.)
One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
crimp (n.)
A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
crimp (n.)
Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
crimp (n.)
A game at cards.

crimp
krimp, adj. made crisp or brittle.—v.t. to wrinkle: to plait: to make crisp: to seize or decoy sailors or soldiers.—n. one who presses or decoys.—ns. Crimp′age, act of crimping; Crimp′er, one who or that which crimps or corrugates; Crimp′ing-ī′ron, an iron instrument used for crimping hair; Crimp′ing-machine′, a machine for forming crimps or plaits on ruffles.—v.t. Crimp′le, to contract or draw together: to plait: to curl. [A dim. of cramp; Dut. krimpen, to shrink.]

crimp
A broker or factor, as a coal crimp, who disposes of the cargoes of the Newcastle coal ships; also persons employed to trapan or kidnap recruits for the East Indian and African companies. To crimp, or play crimp; to play foul or booty: also a cruel manner of cutting up fish alive, practised by the London fishmongers, in order to make it eat firm; cod, and other crimped fish, being a favourite dish among voluptuaries and epicures.

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