[krimp] 
| 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.
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| 6. | to produce a corrugated surface in; corrugate, as sheet metal, cardboard, etc. |
| 7. | to bend (leather) into shape. |
| 8. | Metalworking.
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| 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. |
| 15. | put a crimp in, to interfere with; hinder: His broken leg put a crimp in their vacation plans. |
| crimp 1 (krĭmp) tr.v. crimped, crimp·ing, crimps
[Dutch or Low German krimpen, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German.] crimp'er n. |