Crimp ¹

Definition: 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.

Crimp ²

Definition: To pinch and hold; to seize.

Crimp ³

Definition: to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.

Crimp ⁴

Definition: 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.

Crimp ⁵

Definition: Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

Crimp ⁶

Definition: Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

Crimp ⁷

Definition: A coal broker.

Crimp ⁸

Definition: One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.

Crimp ⁹

Definition: A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.

Crimp ¹⁰

Definition: Hair which has been crimped; usually in pl.

Crimp ¹¹

Definition: A game at cards.

crimp ¹²

Definition: a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled

crimp ¹³

Definition: someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

crimp ¹⁴

Definition: 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"

crimp ¹⁵

Definition: curl tightly; "crimp hair"

crimp ¹⁶

Definition: make ridges into by pinching together