Noun crimp has 3 senses
  1. fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend - 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"
    --1 is a kind of angular shape, angularity
    --1 has particulars:
     pleat, plait; kink, twist, twirl; pucker, ruck
    Derived form: verb crimp1
  2. crimp, crimper - someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
    --2 is a kind of kidnapper, abductor, snatcher
  3. crimp - a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
    --3 is a kind of
    lock, curl, ringlet, whorl
    --3 has particulars: pin curl; spit curl, kiss curl
    Derived form: verb crimp2
,Verb crimp has 2 senses
  1. crimp, pinch - make ridges into by pinching together
    --1 is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
    Derived form: noun crimp1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink - curl tightly; "crimp hair"
    --2 is one way to curl, wave
    Derived form: noun crimp3
    Sample sentence:
    They crimp their hair
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