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crimp 音標拼音: [kr'ɪmp] n. 誘騙別人去當兵,卷曲,卷發
vt. 誘騙別人去當兵,使卷曲,使有褶 誘騙別人去當兵,捲曲,卷發誘騙別人去當兵,使捲曲,使有褶 crimp n 1: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; " a fold in the napkin"; " a crease in his trousers"; " a plication on her blouse"; " a flexure of the colon"; " a bend of his elbow" [ synonym: { fold}, { crease}, { plication}, { flexure}, { crimp}, { bend}] 2: someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers [ synonym: { crimp}, { crimper}] 3: a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled v 1: make ridges into by pinching together [ synonym: { crimp}, { pinch}] 2: curl tightly; " crimp hair" [ synonym: { crimp}, { crape}, { frizzle}, { frizz}, { kink up}, { kink}] Crimp \ Crimp\ ( kr[ i^] mp), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Crimped} ( kr[ i^] mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. { Crimping}.] [ Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See { Cramp}.] 1. 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}. [ 1913 Webster] The comely hostess in a crimped cap. -- W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. [ 1913 Webster] Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. -- Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Cookery) 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. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Firearms) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of ( a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Crimping house}, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. { Crimping iron}. ( a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. ( b) A crimping machine. { Crimping machine}, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles, leather, iron, etc. { Crimping pin}, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady' s cap. [ 1913 Webster]
Crimp \ Crimp\, a. 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. -- J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] The evidence is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. -- Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster]
Crimp \ Crimp\, n. 1. A coal broker. [ Prov. Eng.] -- De Foe. [ 1913 Webster] 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. -- Marryat. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A game at cards. [ Obs.] -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] { Boot crimp}. See under { Boot}. [ 1913 Webster] 201 Moby Thesaurus words for " crimp": Vandyke, abduce, abduct, abductor, aqueduct, bar, bit, blaze, bollix, bridle, bunco artist, bunco steerer, canal, canalization, canalize, cardsharp, cardsharper, carpetbagger, carry away, carry off, carve, chamfer, channel, check, chisel, chop, cocker, cockle, coil, con artist, con man, confidence man, constrain, corrugate, corrugation, crab, crack, cramp, crankle, crease, creasing, crenellate, crenulate, crimper, crimple, crinkle, crisp, crumbly, crumple, curl, cut, dado, dike, ditch, dog- ear, double, double over, doubling, duplicature, enfold, engrave, entrenchment, flection, flexure, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, fosse, foul up, friable, frill, frizz, frizzle, furrow, gash, gather, goffer, gouge, groove, gully, gum, gum up, gutter, ha- ha, hamper, hold back, hold down, hold for ransom, hold in, horse coper, horse trader, hurdle, impediment, impress, incise, indent, infold, inhibit, interfold, jackleg, jag, kennel, kidnap, kidnapper, kink, knit, knot, knurl, land pirate, land shark, land- grabber, lap over, lapel, lappet, lock, louse up, machicolate, mill, moat, mortgage shark, mountain, nick, notch, obstruction, pettifogger, picot, pink, pitchman, plait, plat, pleat, plica, plicate, plication, plicature, plow, ply, ponytail, pucker, pulverizable, pulverulent, purse, queer, quill, rabbet, ridge, rifle, rimple, ringlet, ripple, rivel, rub, ruche, ruching, ruck, ruckle, ruff, ruffle, rumple, run away with, rut, scallop, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, screw, scrunch, serrate, shanghai, shanghaier, shark, sharp, sharper, sharpie, shirr, shortchanger, shyster, skyjack, slash, slicker, slit, snafu, snag, snatch, spieler, spirit away, streak, striate, sunk fence, tooth, trench, triturable, trough, tuck, turn over, twill, wimple, withhold, wrinkle
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