ALL meanings of crimpers
crimp
C c - verb with object crimpers to press into small regular folds; make wavy. 1
- verb with object crimpers to curl (hair), especially with the use of a curling iron. 1
- verb with object crimpers to press or draw together, as the ends of something. 1
- verb with object crimpers to check, restrain, or inhibit; hinder: Production was crimped by a shortage of workers. 1
- verb with object crimpers Cookery. 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. 1
- verb with object crimpers to produce a corrugated surface in; corrugate, as sheet metal, cardboard, etc. 1
- verb with object crimpers to bend (leather) into shape. 1
- verb with object crimpers Metalworking. to bend the edges of (skelp) before forming into a tube. to fold the edges of (sheet metal) to make a lock seam. 1
- noun crimpers the act of crimping. 1
- noun crimpers a crimped condition or form. 1
- noun crimpers Usually, crimps. waves or curls, especially in hair that has been crimped or that displays a crimped pattern. 1
- noun crimpers the waviness of wool fibers as naturally grown on sheep. 1
- noun crimpers the waviness imparted to natural or synthetic fibers by weaving, knitting, plaiting, or other processes. 1
- noun crimpers a crease formed in sheet metal or plate metal to make the material less flexible or for fastening purposes. 1
- idioms crimpers put a crimp in, to interfere with; hinder: His broken leg put a crimp in their vacation plans. 1
- noun crimpers plural of crimper. 0