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crimp

1  [krimp]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to press into small regular folds; make wavy.
2. to curl (hair), esp. with the use of a curling iron.
3. to press or draw together, as the ends of something.
4. to check, restrain, or inhibit; hinder: Production was crimped by a shortage of workers.
5. Cookery.
a. to pinch and press down the edges of (a pie crust), esp. to seal together the top and bottom layers of pastry.
b. to gash (the flesh of a live fish or of one just killed) with a knife to make more crisp when cooked.
6. to produce a corrugated surface in; corrugate, as sheet metal, cardboard, etc.
7. to bend (leather) into shape.
8. Metalworking.
a. to bend the edges of (skelp) before forming into a tube.
b. to fold the edges of (sheet metal) to make a lock seam.
–noun
9. the act of crimping.
10. a crimped condition or form.
11. Usually, crimps. waves or curls, esp. in hair that has been crimped or that displays a crimped pattern.
12. the waviness of wool fibers as naturally grown on sheep.
13. the waviness imparted to natural or synthetic fibers by weaving, knitting, plaiting, or other processes.
14. a crease formed in sheet metal or plate metal to make the material less flexible or for fastening purposes.
—Idiom
15. put a crimp in, to interfere with; hinder: His broken leg put a crimp in their vacation plans.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME crympen, OE gecrympan to curl, deriv. of crump crooked

Related forms:
crimper, noun
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crimp

2  [krimp]
–noun
1. a person engaged in enlisting sailors, soldiers, etc., by persuasion, swindling, or coercion.
–verb (used with object)
2. to enlist (sailors, soldiers, etc.) by such means.
Origin:
1630–40; special use of crimp 1
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crimp 1   (krĭmp)   
tr.v.   crimped, crimp·ing, crimps

  1. To press or pinch into small regular folds or ridges: crimp a pie crust.

  2. To bend or mold (leather) into shape.

  3. To cause (hair) to form tight curls or waves.

  4. To have a hampering or obstructive effect on: Supplies of foreign oil were crimped by the embargo.

n.  

  1. The act of crimping.

  2. Something made by or as if by crimping, as:

    1. Hair that has been tightly curled or waved.

    2. A series of curls, as of wool fibers.

    3. A crease or bend.

  3. An obstructing or hampering agent or force: Rising interest rates put a crimp in new home construction.


[Dutch or Low German krimpen, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German.]
crimp'er n.
crimp 2   (krĭmp)   
n.  A person who tricks or coerces others into service as sailors or soldiers.
tr.v.   crimped, crimp·ing, crimps
To procure (sailors or soldiers) by trickery or coercion.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

crimp 
1638; O.E. had gecrympan "to crimp, curl," but the modern word is probably from M.Du. or L.Ger. crimpen/krimpen "to shrink, crimp." To put a crimp in (something) is 1896, U.S. slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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