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Crimp

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Meaning

Adj

●
Easily
;
; brittle.
●
Weak;
; contradictory.

Noun

●
A
or a
method that
by
around a
and
it together, often with a
that
to
the
.
●
The natural
of
fibres.
●
Hair that is
so it
in many
kinks.
●
A
game.
●
In Climbing:
A small
with little
area.
●
In Climbing:
A
on such a hold.
●
An
who
,
, etc; especially by
,
,
, or
them.
●
In Law:
One who
sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854,
to a person
the
,
, etc; who
without a
from the Board of Trade.
●
A
of a low
where
and
are
and fleeced.

Verb

●
To
into small
or
, to
, to corrugate.
●
In Electricity:
To
by
so that it
around the
to be
ed.
●
To
and
; to seize.
●
To
into a
, to form
into
, to
kinky.
●
To
or
into shape.
●
To
the
, e.g. of a
, to
when cooked.
●
In Climbing:
to
using a crimp
●
To
(seamen or
); to
, to decoy.
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Origin

crimp
English
arrow
crempen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym

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