Definition of Crimps. Meaning of Crimps. Synonyms of Crimps

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Definition of Crimps

Crimp
Crimp Crimp, v. t. (Firearms) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.
Crimp
Crimp Crimp, a. 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.] Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. --J. Philips. 2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. --Arbuthnot.
Crimp
Crimp Crimp, n. 1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] --De Foe. 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. -- Marryat. 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. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. Boot crimp. See under Boot.

Meaning of Crimps from wikipedia

- from the sailor's captain. Some crimps made as much as $9,500 per year (equivalent to $320,000 in 2023). The crimps were well positioned politically...
- metal in crimped connections, they are highly resistant to vibration and thermal shock. Two main classes of wire crimps exist: Closed barrel crimps have a...
- Look up crimp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crimp or crimping may refer to: Crimp (climbing), a small hold with little surface area Crimp (gambling)...
- optional second crimp section that crimps to the insulation, providing strain relief. Because of these characteristics, automobiles use F-Crimp almost exclusively...
- to as crimping, but also can be called crinkles or deep waves. Hair crimping is usually achieved by treating the hair with heat from a crimping iron (also...
- crimping or moist grain crimping is an agricultural technology, an organic way to preserve feed grain into livestock fodder by fermentation. Crimped grain...
- the paddles. Larger ridges produce larger crimps in the hair and smaller ridges produce smaller crimps. Crimped hair was very po****r in the 1980s and 1990s...
- Operation Crimp (8–14 January 1966), also known as the Battle of the Ho Bo Woods, was a joint US-Australian military operation during the Vietnam War...
- cruise to celebrate his "birthday", and to say "thank you" to his fellow crimps and runners who had helped him through the years. After leaving port, his...
- 15-year career, beginning in 1879. Kelly, later called "The King of the Crimps", received his "Bunko" nickname in 1885 by providing a crewman that turned...