'Crimp' definitions:

Definition of 'crimp'

From: WordNet
noun
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" [syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend]
noun
Someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers [syn: crimp, crimper]
noun
A lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
verb
Make ridges into by pinching together [syn: crimp, pinch]
verb
Curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink]

Definition of 'Crimp'

From: GCIDE
  • 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 backward and forward, and contradict themselves. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crimp'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A game at cards. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • Boot crimp. See under Boot. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crimp'

From: GCIDE
  • Crimp \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 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. [1913 Webster]
  • Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Cookery) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Firearms) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Crimping house, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers.
  • Crimping iron. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine.
  • Crimping machine, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles, leather, iron, etc.
  • Crimping pin, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'crimp'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Crimp'