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crimp

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1. crimp - Noun

2. crimp - Adjective

3. crimp - Verb

Meaning

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.

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

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.

Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

A coal broker.

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

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

Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.

A game at cards.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The Turkish Embassy in Washington is an ornate, eclectic building on the corner of Twenty-third Street and Massachusetts Avenue which was built originally for Edward Hamlin Everett, the man who put the crimp in bottle caps. George W. S. Trow

a fold in the napkin Source: Internet

a crease in his trousers Source: Internet

a plication on her blouse Source: Internet

a flexure of the colon Source: Internet

a bend of his elbow Source: Internet

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