crimp
- crimp
- I UK [krɪmp] / US
verb transitive]
Word forms "crimp":
present tense
I/you/we/they crimp
he/she/it crimps
present participle crimping
past tense crimped
past participle crimped
1)
a) to make small folds in something by pressing or squeezing it
b) to make shapes like small folds in your hair using heat from a special tool
2) American informal to prevent something from increasing or developing
regulations that have crimped imports
II UK [krɪmp] / US
noun countable]
Word forms "crimp":
singular crimp
plural crimps
a) a small fold in something, made by pressing or squeezing
b) a shape like a small fold in your hair, made using heat from a special tool
English dictionary.
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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
