Crimp has 10 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
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"
2
someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
3
a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
4
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.
5
An agent who procures seamen, soldier, etc., especially by decoying, entrapping, impressing, or seducing them.
Verb
1
make ridges into by pinching together
2
curl tightly
"crimp hair"
3
To press into small ridges or folds, to pleat, to corrugate.
4
To impress (seamen or soldiers); to entrap, to decoy.
Adjective
1
Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
Example Sentences
"a fold in the napkin"
noun
"a crease in his trousers"
noun
"a plication on her blouse"
noun
"a flexure of the colon"
noun
"a bend of his elbow"
noun
"crimp hair"
verb
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