Crimp
noun
- 1.
- (anything crimped) អ្នកប្រមូលដោយដើរហៅ hair crimp សក់រួញ, a crimp in sheet metal ស្នាមជុច
verb — past tense: crimped ; past participle: crimped ; present participle: crimping ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To press into small folds or ridges, to hamper, to make (air, etc) wavy, to pinch together) ចាប់ទាហាន (ចាប់យកទៅធ្វើទាហាន) crimp paper ធ្វើឱ្យអង្កាញ់ជ្រួញចូលគ្នា, crimp hair អ៊ុត, crimp meat ឆ្កូត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A coal broker.
- 2.
- One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
- 3.
- A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
- 4.
- Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
- 5.
- A game at cards.
adjective
- 1.
- Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
- 2.
- Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
verb — past tense: crimped ; past participle: crimped ; present participle: crimping ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To pinch and hold; to seize.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.