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Crimp - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Crimp : (noun)
1: 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, bend]
2: someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or
soldiers [syn: crimper]
3: a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
(verb)
1: make ridges into by pinching together [syn: pinch]
2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crape, frizzle, frizz,
kink up, kink]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Crimp : \Crimp\, v. t. (Firearms)
In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case)
inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the
charge.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Crimp : \Crimp\, a.
1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.]
Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. --J.
Philips.
2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.]
The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward
and forward, and contradict themselves. --Arbuthnot.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving.
2. To pinch and hold; to seize.
3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as,
to crimp seamen.
Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him.
--Carlyle.
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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Crimp : \Crimp\, n.
1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] --De Foe.
2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval
service. -- Marryat.
3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and
emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
5. A game at cards. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Boot crimp. See under Boot.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Crimp |
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MikellaB: @bianca_donalda We got almost a whole foot! Really puts a Crimp on last-minute Christmas shopping. LOL - Gift cards for everyone! |
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mbakaitis: Nobody wants aspirin, lip gloss, magazines or a room humidifier for Christmas. This puts a Crimp in my Xmas Eve drug-store shopping plans. |
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BooshGirl4Life: @ElectroxBoosh i know all the songs from the live show off by heart now it was just the ice cream Crimp i had to master lol |
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