1. to press into small regular folds; make wavy.
2. to curl (hair), especially with the use of a curling iron.
3. to press or draw together, as the ends of something.
4. to check, restrain, or inhibit; hinder: Production was crimped by a shortage of workers.
5. Cooking.
• to pinch and press down the edges of (a pie crust), especially to seal together the top and bottom layers of pastry.
• to gash (the flesh of a live fish or of one just killed) with a knife to make more crisp when cooked.
6. to produce a corrugated surface in; corrugate, as sheet metal, cardboard, etc.
7. to bend (leather) into shape.
8. Metalworking.
• to bend the edges of (skelp) before forming into a tube.
• to fold the edges of (sheet metal) to make a lock seam.

9. the act of crimping.
10. a crimped condition or form.
11. waves or curls, especially in hair that has been crimped or that displays a crimped pattern.
12. the waviness of wool fibers as naturally grown on sheep.
13. the waviness imparted to natural or synthetic fibers by weaving, knitting, plaiting, or other processes.
14. a crease formed in sheet metal or plate metal to make the material less flexible or for fastening purposes.

15. to interfere with; hinder: His broken leg put a crimp in their vacation plans.

1. a person engaged in enlisting sailors, soldiers, etc., by persuasion, swindling, or coercion.

2. to enlist (sailors, soldiers, etc.) by such means.

1. to fold or press into ridges
2. to fold and pinch together (something, such as the edges of two pieces of metal)
3. to curl or wave (the hair) tightly, esp with curling tongs
4. to decorate (the edge of pastry) by pinching with the fingers to give a fluted effect
5. to gash (fish or meat) with a knife to make the flesh firmer and crisper when cooked
6. to bend or mould (leather) into shape, as for shoes
7. to bend the edges of (a metal plate) before forming into a cylinder
8. to hinder

9. the act or result of folding or pressing together or into ridges
10. a tight wave or curl in the hair
11. a crease or fold in a metal sheet
12. the natural wave of wool fibres

1. (formerly) a person who swindled or pressganged men into naval or military service

2. to recruit by coercion or under false pretences

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