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Verb
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crimped, past tense; crimped, past participle; crimping, present participle; crimps, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Compress (something) into small folds or ridges
    • - she crimped the edge of the pie
  2. Squeeze (metal) so as to bend or corrugate it

  3. Connect (a wire or cable) in this way

  4. Make waves in (someone's hair) with a curling iron
    • - crimped blond hair
  5. Have a limiting or adverse effect on (something)
    • - farmers complain that the drought could crimp their income potential
Noun
  1. A curl, wave, or folded or compressed edge
    • - this cascade of delicate crimps depends on a perm
    • - the wool had too much crimp to be used in weaving
  2. A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together

  3. A restriction or limitation
    • - the crimp on take-home pay has been even tighter since taxes were raised
  1. fold: 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"
  2. make ridges into by pinching together
  3. curl tightly; "crimp hair"
  4. someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
  5. a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
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  7. The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy troupe featuring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. Developed from three stage shows and a six episode radio series, it has since spawned a total of twenty television episodes for BBC Three and two live tours of the UK, as well as two live shows in ...
  8. In gambling terminology a crimp is a bend that has been intentionally made on the corner(s) of a playing card to facilitate identification.
  9. Crimping is joining two pieces of metal or other malleable material by deforming one or both of them to hold the other. The bend or deformity is called the crimp.
  10. Shanghaiing refers to the practice of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as crimps. Until 1915, unfree labor was widely used aboard American merchant ships. ...
  11. A crimp is a type of humorous a cappella nonsense song, sung in a scat style featuring lyrics characterized by non-sequiturs that are rhythmically similar to beatboxing. ...
  12. A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts; A coal broker. ...
  13. (crimped) With a crimp in it; crushed shut
  14. (crimped) Rolled with corrugated rollers, especially fresh forage, to break stems and facilitate drying.
  15. (Crimped) early type of axle applied to first series models up to 1960
  16. (Crimped) wavy or bent. As used in the description of the edge of the crimped edge compote.
  17. (Crimping) Puncture marks holding business forms together.
  18. (Crimping) A rapid raising process by forming radiating valleys from the center to the outer edge of a metal object then raised. Generally used on thinner gauge metal.
  19. (Crimping) An operation in which the open end of a can or shell is forced tight over or around a mating part. This type of work is limited largely to assembly operations.
  20. (Crimping) Corrugating of the metal edge to reduce diameter or facilitate bending. Used on fitting gores to mate with beaded edge of adjacent segment or on end caps for tanks and vessels.
  21. (Crimping) Crimps are used on multipart continuous stationery to hold the parts together.  Special blades that look like small teeth pass over the parts pushing the paper downwards cutting and folding a small section which holds the parts together.
  22. (Crimping) Is the use of a crimping tool such as a pliers to secure/crimp an electrical/cooper/nickel plated/gold plated contact to a wire by compressing the metal contact around/on the wire.
  23. (Crimping) Mechanical distortion of the edges of a deformable material.
  24. (Crimping) Method used to pinch the barb down on the hook. Allows for a less damaging experience for the fish, and is law on catch and release quality waters.
  25. (Crimping) The action of squeezing the open end of a plain detonator, or a detonating relay, over a length of fuse.