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verb (used with object)
1.
to press into small regular folds; make wavy.
2.
to curl (hair), especially 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.
EXPANDCookery.
a.
to pinch and press down the edges of (a pie crust), especially 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.
COLLAPSEMetalworking.
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, especially in hair that has been crimped or that displays a crimped pattern.
12.
the waviness of wool fibers as naturally grown on sheep.
13.
EXPANDthe waviness imparted to natural or synthetic fibers by weaving, knitting, plaiting, or other processes.
14.
COLLAPSEa crease formed in sheet metal or plate metal to make the material less flexible or for fastening purposes.
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Crimping
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
15.
put a crimp in, to interfere with; hinder: His broken leg put a crimp in their vacation plans.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English crympen, Old English gecrympan to curl, derivative of crump crooked
1350–1400; Middle English crympen, Old English gecrympan to curl, derivative of crump crooked
Related forms
crimp·er, noun
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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.
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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.
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