to press into small regular folds; make wavy.

to curl (hair), esp. with the use of a curling iron.

to press or draw together, as the ends of something.

to check, restrain, or inhibit; hinder

Production was crimped by a shortage of workers.

Cookery .

to pinch and press down the edges of (a pie crust), esp. to seal together the top and bottom layers of pastry.

to gash (the flesh of a live fish or of one just killed) with a knife to make more crisp when cooked.

to produce a corrugated surface in; corrugate, as sheet metal, cardboard, etc.

to bend (leather) into shape.

Metalworking .

to bend the edges of (skelp) before forming into a tube.

to fold the edges of (sheet metal) to make a lock seam.

the act of crimping.

a crimped condition or form.

Usually, crimps. waves or curls, esp. in hair that has been crimped or that displays a crimped pattern.

the waviness of wool fibers as naturally grown on sheep.

the waviness imparted to natural or synthetic fibers by weaving, knitting, plaiting, or other processes.

a crease formed in sheet metal or plate metal to make the material less flexible or for fastening purposes. ?

put a crimp in

to interfere with; hinder

His broken leg put a crimp in their vacation plans.

verb

straighten

verb

coil , crease , crimple , crinkle , crisp , crumple , flow , frizz , pleat , rimple , ruck , screw , scrunch , set , swirl , undulate , wave , wrinkle , rumple , bend , corrugate , cramp , curl , fold , friz , hamper , mold , obstacle , pinch , plait , ruffle , snag , thwart

noun

crease , crinkle , crumple , pleat , plica , plication , pucker , rimple , ruck , rumple , wrinkle