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Definition: Crimp |
CrimpNoun1. An angular shape made by folding. 2. Someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers. 3. A lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled. Verb1. Make ridges into by pinching together. 2. Curl tightly, of hair. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crimp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Note: Crimp \Crimp\ (kr[i^]mp), transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Crimped(kr[i^]mt); Crimping.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | A connection made by crimping. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A flattening or buckling of the wood cells during seasoning, sometimes manifested in excessive and/or uneven shrinkage. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Crimp A decoy; a man or woman that is on the look-out to decoy the unwary. It is more properly applied to an agent for supplying ships with sailors, but these agents are generally in league with public-houses and private lodging-houses of low character, into which they decoy the sailors and relieve them of their money under one pretence or another. (Welsh, crimpiaw, to squeeze or pinch; Norwegian, krympe, a sponge.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. The flattening made by a crimper near the mouth of a blasting cap for holding the fuse in place. b. To fix a detonator on blasting fuse by squeezing it with specialpliers. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | CRIMP. A broker or factor, as a coal crimp, who disposes of the cargoes of the Newcastle coal ships; also persons employed to trapan or kidnap recruits for the East Indian and African companies. To crimp, or play crimp; to play foul or booty: also a cruel. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In gambling terminology a crimp is a bend that has been intentionally made on the corner(s) of a playing card to facilitate identification.A card cheat will typically bend some of the important cards during the game. Below are just several of the most popular examples.
In poker, for instance, a cheat may crimp one of the cards to mark off the exact location where he wishes his secret conspirator to cut the deck. Similarly, if the card cheat is not working with a confederate, he may bend one or more cars to force a cut upon an unsuspecting victim. In either case the deck will most likely be cut at the exact predetermined spot in the same way an old book always tends to open at the same page.
Another poker scenario (also popular in numerous other games) is to crimp some of the high-value cards during the early rounds. On subsequent rounds the cheat will be able to identify some of those cards during the deal. This enables the cheat to employ a second deal and deal some of those cards to the desired hand, or simply to identify some of the cards held by other players. In any event, the cheat has an mathematical edge over the other players.
In casino blackjack a crossroader may crimp all the 10-value cards. this will enable the cheat to sometimes identify the dealer's hole card (the dealer has one card face up, called the up card, and one card face down, called the hole card). In those instances the cheat(s) will know the dealer's total and play their hand(s) accordingly.
In wool classification, crimp is the frequency of bends along the length of a wool fiber. Wools that have 'fine' crimp (many per unit length) usually have small diameters and can be sucessfully spun into fine yarns (great lengths of yarn for a given weight of wool).
In rock climbing, crimp describes a small but positive hold. It also describes the process of holding onto such a feature.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crimp."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CRIMP | English | Customer Report on Importance | N/A |
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Synonyms: CrimpSynonyms: bend (n), crease (n), crimper (n), flexure (n), fold (n), plication (n), crape (v), frizz (v), frizzle (v), kink (v), kink up (v), pinch (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Brittleness | Adjective: brittle, brash, breakable, weak, frangible, fragile, frail, gimcrack, shivery, fissile; splitting. Verb: lacerable, splintery, crisp, crimp, short, brittle as glass. |
Contraction | Render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate; boil down; constrict, constringe; condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf; shorten; circumscribe; restrain. |
Convolution | Verb: be convoluted; Adjective:wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate; entwine, intwine; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort; contort; wreathe; (cross). |
Deceiver | Conjuror, juggler, trickster, prestidigitator, jockey; crimp, decoy, decoy duck; rogue, knave, cheat; swindler; (thief); jobber. |
Junction | Braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase; graft, ingraft, |
Notch | Verb: notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp, scallop, scollop, crenulate, vandyke. |
Stealing | Convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize; (lay violent hands on). |
Taking | Snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up; kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I can't enjoy anything unless everybody is. If one guy is starving someplace, that puts a crimp in my evening (Annie Hall; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman) | |
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 | Crumple; crumpling; ball; throw away; crease; crimp; crimple; crinkle; crush; fall; fold; give way; pucker; rimple; ruck; rumple; scrunch; shrivel; wad; wadding; scrunching; rumpling; creasing; crimpling. |
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| "Crimp" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 79.31% of the time. "Crimp" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 79.31% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (singular) | 10.34% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.45% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "crimp": Boot crimp ♦ crimp liveliness ♦ put the crimp in. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "crimp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Rekrutues, Rekrutoj Me Forcë E Mashtrim, Mashtrues (ambidextrous, artful, bilker, bluffer, bouncer, catchy, cheat, deceitful, deceiver, deceptive, delusive, delusory, diddler, dishonest, dodger, double, double dealing, double-dealer, finagler, fraud, fraudulent, guileful, gyp, humbug, hustler, impostor, Jack-in-the-box, mendacious, misleading, mountebank, pettifogger, pettifogging, phoney, quack, racketeer, rascal, rascally, rogue, sandman, shuffler, skin, snide, swindler, trickster, twister, two-tongued), Dredhë (circumvolution, coil, contortion, convolution, helix, hook, kink, meanders, sinuosity, spiral, tendril, volute, whorl, winding), Bukël (coil of hair, curl, lock, weasel, wisp). (various references) | |
Arabic | موج (crisp, curl, undulate, wave), تمويج (corrugation, frizzing, rippling, waving), تجعيد (curl), جعد (corrugate, crease, crinkle, crumple, crush, frizz, frizzy, furrow, ruckle, ruffle, rumple). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Подмамвам Хора "а Станат Моряци, Плисе, Плисирам, Къдря, Къдрица, Нарязвам Леко, Накъдряне, "ипла, "офриране, Спъвам, Спънка. (various references) | |
Chinese | 卷曲 (Crinkled, Crinkling, Curled, Curling, Curly, frizz, Frizzed, Frizzes, Frizzing, frizzy). (various references) | |
Czech | Vlnit Se (curl, ripple, surge, sweep, undulate, wave), Verbíř, Kadeřit (curl, gauffer, goffer). (various references) | |
Danish | crimpforbindelse, cellesammenbrud (collapse, washboarding), presseforbindelse, krusning (crimpling, curling, friezing), kollaps (collapse), forkrøpning (crank, cranked portion of a shaft), fastklemning. (various references) | |
Dutch | collaps (collapse), wurgen (choke, strangle), verkropping, rimpel (furrow, wrinkle), plooi (fold), kroezing (curling), kroes (crucible, crucible for crystal growing, melting pot), inklemmen (clamping and aligning, loading, to build-in, to fix, to restrain), gekropte uitvoering. (various references) | |
Farsi | پیچش وانقباض عضله , مانع (Balk, Bar, Barricade, Brake, Dike, Drawback, Embargo, Encumbrance, Handicap, Hedge, Hinder, Hindrance, Hitch, Hurdle, Impediment, Let, Lock, Obstacle, Preventive, Repellent, Setback, Shackle, Snag, Stay), چین چین وموجدارکردن , چین (Chitlings, Crease, Fold, Offset, Plait, Pleat, Puchery, Wrinkle), چروکیدن (Wrinkle), گول (Bilk, Cajole, Cajolery, Cheat, Deception, Gull, Humbug, Jape), طره (Ringlet, Tuft, Whisker), جعدموی , اغواکردن (Entice, Lure, Seduce, Tempt, Wile), درخواب . (various references) | |
Finnish | taive (bend, fold), taite (fold), puristusliitos, mutka (bend, curve, detour), luhistuminen (collapse, washboarding), kollapsoituminen (collapse, washboarding), kaarre (bend, curve), käännetty reuna (reinforced rim, turned rim). (various references) | |
French | ondulation (crimpling). (various references) | |
German | Crimpverbindung, Wellen (billows, corrugate, Crinkle, to corrugate, undulate, warp, wave, waves), Waschbrettbildung (collapse, washboarding), Verkroepfung, quetschen (bruise, contuse, crush, jam, mash, pinch, press, squash, squeeze, squish, to contuse, to queeze, to squish), Ondulieren, Kräuselung (ripple), Kräuseln (dimple, frill, frizz, gather, gather in folds, knit, make frizzy, pucker, ruffle, screw up, stir, to dimple, to frill, wrinkle), Kollaps (collapse), Knickung (buckling), heften (baste, basting, clip, peg up, pin, rivet, sew, sew on, sew together, staple, stitch, tack, tack up), Fälteln (pleat), Anwuergen. (various references) | |
Greek | Kατσάρωμα (crimping, rolling), κυματισμός (ripple), κατσάρωμα (curl), ρίκνωσις (collapse, washboarding), σύσφιξη (clamping, constriction, interference, occlusion), σύνδεση (attachment, conjunction, connection, coupling, hookup, junction, ligature, link up, spanning, splice, syndication, tap), σγούρωμα, πτύχωση (plaiting), Τσακίζω, 'όστρυχοσ, ίατσαρώνω. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hullámosság (crispness, undulation, wave). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ronsel, kerut (furrow, wreath, wrinkler), keriting (curl, kinky, mucky). (various references) | |
Italian | crimpatura, collasso (breakdown, collapse, shock), orlatura (edging), gomito (crank, elbow, sharp bend), arricciatura, Arricciare (become curly, Crinkle, curl, dimple, frill, frizz, frizzle, pucker). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 圧着 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あつぎ (wearing thick clothes), あっちゃく. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | impcray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | franzido (corrugated, crimpy, frilled, gather, pleat, pucker, quilling, ruckle). (various references) | |
Romanian | Creţ (crease, crisp, curly, curly haired, frizzy, kinky, pleated, ridge, wrinkle), Se Încreţi (Crinkle), Recrutor, Recruta Cu Forţã, Plisa (Crinkle, draw, enfold, fold, frill, full, goffer, pleat, ruffle, tuck), Ondula (corrugate, crape, crisp, curl, float, ridge, ripple, roll, wave, wind), Gofra (goffer), Încreţi (Crinkle). (various references) | |
Russian | гофрировать (ruffle), Ломкий, "офрированный, 'олнистый, 'ербовать Обманным Путем. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrbovati uz lažna obećanja, nabirati (corrugate, plait, pucker, ruffle, shirr), nabiranje (ruffle, shir, shirr), agent koji vrbuje. (various references) | |
Spanish | colapso (collapse, jam), codo (cubit, elbow), rizos (frizz, frizzle, kinkle), Rizar (dimple, frill, frizz, frizzle, keck, ripple), rizado (crimped, crisp, curling, curly, frizzed, frizzly, frizzy, kinky), Riza, ondulación (undulation, wave), engatillado, engastado (set), Encrespar (anger, curl, fluff), arruga (cockle, crease, crinkle, fold, furrow, kink, line, pucker, ridge, ruck, ruffle, rumple, seam, wrinkle). (various references) | |
Swedish | Vecka (corrugate, crease, crinkle, enfold, fold, frill, frounce, plait, pleat, ruck, ruffle, sennight, shirr, week), Veck (cockle, convolution, crease, Crinkle, fold, plait, pleat, ply, pucker, ruck, ruckle, tuck, wrinkle), Krusa (Crinkle, crisp, curl, frizz, frizzle, frounce, ripple, stand on ceremony). (various references) | |
Turkish | Zorla Askere Almak (impress), Yarmak (breach, chop, cleave, disrupt, flaw, hew, incise, maul, plough, plow, rend, rift, rip, sever, slash, slit, splinter, split, tear, wedge off), Mani (disincentive, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, slashing), Lüle Lüle Saç (corkscrew curls), Katlamak (bend, crease, double, drape, enfold, fold, fold down, fold down back, infold, pleat, shut, tuck, tuck up, turn back), Kıvrım (bend, convolution, crease, curve, flection, flexion, fold, frizz, hook, meander, plait, plat, sinuosity, sweep, twine, twirl, twist, undulation, volute), Kıvırmak (angle, bend, contort, crisp, crook, curl, curl up, do successfully, drape, enfold, entwine, entwist, fold, fold down, frill, frizz, frizzle, gauffer, goffer, gopher, handle, have a command of, inflect, intwine, manage, meander, squirm, squirm out of, tuck, tuck in, tuck up, turn back, turn down, twist, wind, wind up), Engellemek (balk, bar, baulk, block, circumvent, clamp the lid on smth., clog, counterwork, cramp, cross, cumber, dam, dam up, defeat, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, gum up, hamper, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, keep down, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent from, put the lid on smth., resist, restrain, save, shut out, snag, stem, stymie, surety, trammel), Engel (balk, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, countercheck, counterwork, cramp, dam, determent, difficulty, discouragement, disincentive, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hobble, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, retardation, rub, shackles, slashing, snag, stay, stick, stop, stumbling block, supersedeas, tie, trammel), Durdurmak (abort, arrest, baulk, block, bring short, call a halt, call off, cease, check, choke back, choke down, choke off, collar, deactivate, discontinue, draw up, give over, halt, hold back, hold up, intercept, intermit, jam, jugulate, lock, paralyse, paralyze, pull in, pull up, put a stop to, shut off, stanch, staunch, stay, stem, still, stop, Stow, suppress, suspend), Dalga (sea, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, undulation, wave), Askere Almak (conscript, draft, draught, enlist, enrol, enroll, induct, levy, recruit). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Перешкода, Крихкий, Завада, Завивати (Crinkle), Хвилястий, Укладати (Stow), Ламкий, "офрувати, "офрований. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thọc gậy bánh xe (spanner), sự dụ dỗ đi lính. (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | vibrabit. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crimp": crimped, crimper, crimpers, crimpier, crimpiest, crimping, crimple, crimpled, crimples, crimpling, crimps, crimpy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "crimp": scrimp. (additional references) | |
Words containing "crimp": scrimped, scrimper, scrimpers, scrimpier, scrimpiest, scrimping, scrimpit, scrimps, scrimpy. (additional references) | |
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"Crimp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cgip, climp, cnim, Corimo, cpim, Crampa, crampy, crem, crim, crima, Crimi, crimy, crip, Cripp, crism, cryp, kramp, Krim, krimp, krip, rcmp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crimp" (pronounced kri"mp) |
| 5 | k r i" m p | scrimp. |
| 4 | -r i" m p | primp, shrimp. |
| 3 | -i" m p | blimp, chimp, imp, limp, pimp, skimp, wimp. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-m-p-r" | |
-1 letter: prim. | |
-2 letters: imp, mir, pic, rim, rip. | |
-3 letters: mi, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-m-p-r" | |
+1 letter: crimps, crimpy, scrimp. | |
+2 letters: campier, crampit, crimped, crimper, crimple, empiric, meropic, morphic, primacy, pumicer, scrimps, scrimpy, spermic. | |
+3 letters: campfire, camphire, clumpier, compiler, complier, comprise, comprize, copremia, copremic, cramping, crampits, crimpers, crimpier, crimping, crimpled, crimples, crumping, empirics, epimeric, impacter, impactor, misprice, parecism, piciform, picloram, picogram, premedic, proclaim, proxemic, pumicers, sapremic, scrimped, scrimper, scrimpit, vampiric. | |
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