crimp
- crimp
- I
[[t]krɪmp[/t]]
v. t.
1) to press into small regular folds; make wavy
2) clo to curl (hair), esp. with a curling iron
3) to seal by pressing together
4) to restrain or hinder
5) to corrugate (sheet metal, cardboard, etc.)
6) clo to bend (leather) into shape
7) mel to fold the edges of (sheet metal) to make a lock seam
8) the act of crimping
9) a crimped condition or form
10) clo Usu., crimps. waves or curls, esp. in hair that has been crimped
11) tex the waviness of a fiber, either natural, as in sheep wool, or produced by weaving, plaiting, or other processes
12) mel a crease formed in sheet metal or plate metal to make the material less flexible or for fastening purposes
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Etymology:
1350–1400; ME crympen, OE gecrympan to curl, der. of crump crooked
crimp′er, n.
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crimp
[[t]krɪmp[/t]]
archaic n.
1) mil a person engaged in enlisting sailors, soldiers, etc., by persuasion, swindling, or coercion
2) mil to enlist (sailors, soldiers, etc.) by such means
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Etymology:
1630–40; perh. crimp I
From formal English to slang.
2014.
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Crimp — Crimp(ing) may refer to: Crimp (climbing), a small hold with little surface area Crimp (gambling), a bent corner of a card to facilitate cheating Crimp (joining), a deformity in metal used to make a join Crimp (recruitment) or shanghaiing, to… … Wikipedia
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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crimp — Crimp, a. 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.] [1913 Webster] Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. J. Philips. [1913 Webster] 2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] [1913 Webster] The evidence is crimp; the witnesses swear… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crimp — 1630s; O.E. had gecrympan to crimp, curl, but the modern word probably is from M.Du. or Low German crimpen/krimpen to shrink, crimp. Related: Crimped; crimping. The noun is attested from 1863, originally natural curl in wool fiber. To put a crimp … Etymology dictionary
crimp — crimp·age; crimp; crimp·er; crimp·ness; … English syllables
Crimp — Crimp, n. 1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] De Foe. [1913 Webster] 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. Marryat. [1913 Webster] 3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crimp|y — «KRIHM pee», adjective, crimp|i|er, crimp|i|est. having small, narrow folds; wavy; frizzy … Useful english dictionary
crimp — [krımp] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Dutch; Origin: Low German krimpen to make smaller ] 1.) to press cloth, paper etc into small regular folds ▪ Use a hot iron to crimp the edges. 2.) to make your hair slightly curly by using a special heated tool… … Dictionary of contemporary English
crimp — crimp1 [krimp] vt. [< MDu crimpen, to draw together, wrinkle; akin to CRAMP1] 1. to press into narrow, regular folds; pleat or corrugate 2. to make (hair, etc.) wavy or curly 3. to gash (the flesh of a fish, etc.) so as to make the muscles… … English World dictionary
crimp — [v] fold or curl coil, crease, crimple, crinkle, crisp, crumple, flow, frizz, pleat, rimple, ruck, screw, scrunch, set, swirl, undulate, wave, wrinkle; concepts 137,213,250 Ant. straighten … New thesaurus
crimp — ► VERB 1) compress into small folds or ridges. 2) make waves in (hair) with a hot iron. ► NOUN ▪ a curl, wave, or folded or compressed edge. DERIVATIVES crimper noun. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
