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crimps definition and meaning
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To pinch and hold; to seize.
v. t.
to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.
v. t.
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.
a.
Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
a.
Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
n.
A coal broker.
n.
One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
n.
A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
n.
Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
n.
A game at cards.
Crossword clues for crimps
- Curl tightly
- Press into pleats
- Press into ridges
- Press into small regular folds
- Tightly crease fold
- Folds into ridges
- Forms into ridges
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