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Meaning of 'crimp' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crimp [ a.]
- Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
- Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
2 . Crimp [ n.]
- 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.
3 . Crimp [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'crimp' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . crimp [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
Example in sentence:
  • a bend of his elbow;
  • a crease in his trousers;
  • a flexure of the colon;
  • a fold in the napkin;
  • a plication on her blouse
2 . crimp [ v]
Meaning (2):
- curl tightly
Example in sentence:
  • crimp hair

Nearby Words:

crib crib-biter crib-biting cribbage cribbed cribbing cribble cribbled cribbling cribellum

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