Definisjon av crimp

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Noun

crimp - a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled
curl, whorl, ringlet, lock American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
pin curl a curl of hair made by dampening a strand of hair and curling it and holding the curl with a clip or bobby pin
crimp - someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
crimper
crimp - 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"
fold, crease, plication, flexure, bend
angular shape, angularity a shape having one or more sharp angles
pleat, plait any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
twirl, kink, twist a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; "there are still a few kinks to iron out"

Verb

crimp - make ridges into by pinching together
pinch
fold up, fold, turn up incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
flute form flutes in
crimp - curl tightly; "crimp hair"
crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
curl, wave form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
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Substantiv

crimp - 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.
crimp - A coal broker.
crimp - One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
crimp - A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
crimp - A hairstyle which has been crimped, or shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
crimp - A game of cards.
crimp - An agent making it his business to procure seamen, soldiers, etc. , especially by seducing, decoying, entrapping, or impressing them. Since the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, applied to one who infringes sub-section 1 of this Act, i. e. to a person other than the owner, master, etc. , who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.

Verb

crimp - To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
crimp - To style hair into a crimp.
crimp - To join the edges of food products. For example: Cornish pasty, pies, jiaozi, Jamaican patty, and sealed crustless sandwich.
crimp - To impress seamen or soldiers; to entrap, to decoy.

Adjektiv

crimp - Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
crimp - Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) crimp
  • Presens: crimp / crimps
  • Preteritum: crimped
  • Perfektum: (have) crimped

Substantiv

  • Entall: crimp
  • Flertall: crimps

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