Crimp
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.
To pinch and hold; to seize.
to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.
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.
Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
A coal broker.
One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
A game at cards.
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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Crimp Translations
crimp in German is heften, quetschen
crimp in Spanish is rizos
crimp in Swedish is vecka, krusa, veck
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