crimp

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.]

crimper crimp'er n.

crimp² (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.]

1. To pinch or press two pastry edges together, thereby sealing the dough while forming a decorative edge with fingers, fork or other utensil. The pastry for a single-crust pie is crimped by turning it under to form a ridge, then shaping (or fluting) the raised edge into a fancy pattern. A raised crimped edge not only seals the pastry but acts like a dam to contain the filling during cooking. 2. To cut gashes at 1- or 2-inch intervals along both sides of a freshly caught fish. The fish is then soaked in ice water for up to an hour. Crimping a fish creates a firmer-textured flesh and skin that quickly becomes crisp when cooked.

verb

To make irregular folds in, especially by pressing or twisting: crease, crinkle, crumple, rimple, rumple, wrinkle. See smooth/rough.

noun

A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another: crease, crinkle, crumple, fold, pleat, plica, plication, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, wrinkle. See smooth/rough.

v

Definition: fold or curl
Antonyms: straighten

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1. To bend or warp.
2. To offset a structural steel member so that it will fit over the flange of another member.

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A regular wave formation of small dimensions, e.g. the crimp of wool fibers epitomized in the Merino breed and its derivatives.

• c. marks — marks made by wrinkling the x-ray film while holding it between the fingers.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - kruse, folde, kreppe, bølge, krølle
n. - krusning, krepning, krølle, bølge

2.
n. - hyrebasse
v. tr. - shanghaje, tvangshverve

Nederlands (Dutch)
krullen, plooien, leer modelleren, aan elkaar knijpen (b.v. deeg), levend snijden (vis), beknotten, ronselen, geplooid/gegolfd iets, krulhaar, ronselaar

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - plisser (tissu), friser (cheveux), pincer (pâtisserie)
n. - pli

2.
n. - enrôleur (de marins ou de soldats)
v. tr. - enrôler des soldats ou des marins (par la force ou la ruse)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - wellen, falten, behindern
n. - gekräuseltes Haar, Falz, Hindernis

2.
n. - (verbrecherischer) Werber, Seelenverkäufer
v. - zum Dienst pressen, gewaltsam anwerben (Matrosen u. Soldaten)

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πτυχώνω, κατσαρώνω
n. - κατσάρωμα

Italiano (Italian)
arricciare, piega

Português (Portuguese)
v. - encrespar, cravar
n. - recrutador (m) de homens para o serviço militar

Русский (Russian)
гофрировать, мешать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - rizar, encrespar
n. - rizador

2.
n. - gancho publicitario para convencer a los hombres para que se alisten en el ejército o marina
v. tr. - enrolar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - locka att hyra, krusa, skåra, forma, hejda (am. vard.)
n. - runnare (värvare av sjömän), våg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 使起皱, 抑制, 束缚

2. 皱褶, 卷发, 波纹, 使卷曲

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 皺褶, 捲髮, 波紋
v. tr. - 使捲曲

2.
v. tr. - 使起皺
n. - 抑制, 束縛

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 주름지게 하다, 틀이 잡히게 하다, 방해하다
n. - 주름잡기, 고수머리

2.
n. - (선원이나 군인으로 팔기 위해) 사람들을 꼬이는 사람
v. tr. - 납치하다, 꼬여서 유괴하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 縮らせる, カールさせる, …にひだを付ける
n. - ひだ, 縮れた髪の毛

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) جعد ( الشعر), طوى, عاق (الاسم) اعاقه, ثنيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סלסל (שיער), גיהץ, קיפל‬
n. - ‮צורה או דבר מקופלים או מגוהצים או מסולסלים‬
n. - ‮אדם המגייס מלחים או חיילים וכו' ע"י שכנוע או רמאות או בכפייה‬
v. tr. - ‮סלסל (שיער), גיהץ, קיפל, גייס מלחים או חיילים וכו' בדרך כלשהי‬

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