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crimp Definition:
- Crimp may refer to:
| Crimp (v. t.) To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended |
| Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold |
| Crimp (v. t.) to entrap into the military or naval service |
| Crimp (v. t.) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife |
| Crimp (a.) Easily crumbled |
| Crimp (a.) Weak |
| Crimp (n.) A coal broker. |
| Crimp (n.) One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. |
| Crimp (n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced. |
| Crimp (n.) Hair which has been crimped |
| crimp a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled |
| crimp / crimper someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers |
| fold / crease plication / flexure / crimp / bend 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" |
| crimp / crape / frizzle / frizz / kink up / kink curl tightly, "crimp hair" |
| crimp pinch make ridges into by pinching together |
crimp Synonyme:
| crimp Vandyke abduce abduct abductor aqueduct bar bit blaze bollix bridle bunco artist bunco steerer canal canalization canalize cardsharp cardsharper carpetbagger carry away carry off carve chamfer channel check chisel chop cocker cockle coil con artist con man confidence man constrain corrugate corrugation crab crack cramp crankle crease creasing crenellate crenulate crimper crimple crinkle crisp crumbly crumple curl cut dado dike ditch dog-ear double double over doubling duplicature enfold engrave entrenchment flection flexure flounce flute fold fold over fosse foul up friable frill frizz frizzle furrow gash gather goffer gouge groove gully gum gum up gutter ha-ha hamper hold back hold down hold for ransom hold in horse coper horse trader hurdle impediment impress incise indent infold inhibit interfold jackleg jag kennel kidnap kidnapper kink knit knot knurl land pirate land shark land-grabber lap over lapel lappet lock louse up machicolate mill moat mortgage shark mountain nick notch obstruction pettifogger picot pink pitchman plait plat pleat plica plicate plication plicature plow ply ponytail pucker pulverizable pulverulent purse queer quill rabbet ridge rifle rimple ringlet ripple rivel rub ruche ruching ruck ruckle ruff ruffle rumple run away with rut scallop scarify score scotch scratch screw scrunch serrate shanghai shanghaier shark sharp sharper sharpie shirr shortchanger shyster skyjack slash slicker slit snafu snag snatch spieler spirit away streak striate sunk fence tooth trench triturable trough tuck turn over twill wimple withhold wrinkle |