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Crimp Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Crimp?
[n] a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
[n] someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers [n] 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" [v] curl tightly, of hair [v] make ridges into by pinching together Synonyms | Synonyms for Crimp: bend | crape | crease | crimper | flexure | fold | frizz | frizzle | kink | kink up | pinch | plication Related Terms | Find terms related to Crimp: abduce | abduct | abductor | aqueduct | bar | bit | blaze | bollix | bridle | bunco artist | bunco steerer | canal | canalization | canalize | cardsharp | cardsharper | carpetbagger | carry away | carry off | carve | chamfer | channel | check | chisel | chop | cocker | cockle | coil | con artist | con man | confidence man | constrain | corrugate | corrugation | crab | crack | cramp | crankle | crease | creasing | crenellate | crenulate | crimper | crimple | crinkle | crisp | crumbly | crumple | curl | cut | dado | dike | ditch | dog-ear | double | double over | doubling | duplicature | enfold | engrave | entrenchment | flection | flexure | flounce | flute | fold | fold over | fosse | foul up | friable | frill | frizz | frizzle | furrow | gash | gather | goffer | gouge | groove | gully | gum | gum up | gutter | ha-ha | hamper | hold back | hold down | hold for ransom | hold in | horse coper | horse trader | hurdle | impediment | impress | incise | indent | infold | inhibit | interfold | jackleg | jag | kennel | kidnap | kidnapper | kink | knit | knot | knurl | land pirate | land shark | land-grabber | lap over | lapel | lappet | lock | louse up | machicolate | mill | moat | mortgage shark | mountain | nick | notch | obstruction | pettifogger | picot | pink | pitchman | plait | plat | pleat | plica | plicate | plication | plicature | plow | ply | ponytail | pucker | pulverizable | pulverulent | purse | queer | quill | rabbet | ridge | rifle | rimple | ringlet | ripple | rivel | rub | ruche | ruching | ruck | ruckle | ruff | ruffle | rumple | run away with | rut | scallop | scarify | score | scotch | scratch | screw | scrunch | serrate | shanghai | shanghaier | shark | sharp | sharper | sharpie | shirr | shortchanger | shyster | skyjack | slash | slicker | slit | snafu | snag | snatch | spieler | spirit away | streak | striate | sunk fence | tooth | trench | triturable | trough | tuck | turn over | twill | Vandyke | wimple | withhold | wrinkle See Also | abductor | angular shape | angularity | curl | curl | flute | fold | fold up | kidnapper | kink | kiss curl | lock | pin curl | plait | pleat | pucker | ringlet | ruck | snatcher | spit curl | turn up | twirl | twist | wave | whorl Crimp In Webster's Dictionary \Crimp\ (kr[i^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimped}
(kr[i^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimping}.] [Akin to D.
krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to
E. cramp. See {Cramp}.]
1. 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}.
The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving.
2. To pinch and hold; to seize.
3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as,
to crimp seamen.
Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him.
--Carlyle.
4. (Cookery) 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.
{Crimping house}, a low lodging house, into which men are
decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or
enlist as sailors or soldiers.
{Crimping iron}.
(a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair.
(b) A crimping machine.
{Crimping machine}, a machine with fluted rollers or with
dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc.
{Crimping pin}, an instrument for crimping or puckering the
border of a lady's cap.
\Crimp\, a. 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.] Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. --J. Philips. 2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. --Arbuthnot. \Crimp\, n. 1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] --De Foe. 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. -- Marryat. 3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced. 4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl. 5. A game at cards. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. {Boot crimp}. See under {Boot}. \Crimp\, v. t. (Firearms) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge. |
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