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English-Thai Dictionary

crimp

N การ ทำให้ เป็น ลอน การดัดผม kan-tam-hai-pen-lon

crimp

N ผู้ ที่ หลอก ผู้อื่น ให้ มา เป็น ทหาร หรือก ลา สี เรือ phu-ti-lok-pu-uen-hai ma pen-ta-han-rue-ka-la-se-ruea

crimp

VT กด เข้าด้วยกัน kod-kao-duai-kan

crimp

VT ขัดขวาง ทำให้ ชะงัก interfere obstruct kad-kaen

crimp

VT จีบ ทำให้ เป็น จีบ pleat jeb

crimp

VT ดัดผม curl daa-pom

crimp off a length

SL อึ ถ่ายอุจจาระ ue

crimp one off

SL อึ ถ่ายอุจจาระ ue

crimple

VT ย่น หรือ งอ หยิก หรือ เป็น ลอน

crimpy

ADJ ที่ เป็น ลอน curly ti-pen-lon

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRIMP

a.[See Crumble. ] 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [Little used. ]
The fowler--treads the crimp earth.
2. Not consistent. [Not used. ]

CRIMP

v.t.To catch; to seize; to pinch and hold. [See Crimple. ]

CRIMP

v.t.To curl or frizzle; as, to crimp the hair. This is evidently the same word as the foregoing.

CRIMP

n. 1. In England, an agent for coal-merchants, and for persons concerned in shipping.
2. One who decoys another into the naval or military service.
3. A game at cards.

CRIMPLE

v.t.[G. See Crumple and Rumple. ] To contract or draw together; to shrink; to cause to shrink; to curl.

CRIMPLED

pp. Contracted; shrunk; curled.

CRIMPLING

ppr. Contracting; shrinking; curling; hobbling.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRIMP

Crimp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimped (krmt; 215 ); p. pr. & vb. n.Crimping.] Etym: [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 apperance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. W. Irving.

2. To pinch and hold; to seize.

3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. Carlyle.

Defn: 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. 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.

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.

CRIMPAGE

CRIMPAGE Crimp "age (-j ), n.

Defn: The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.

CRIMPER

CRIMPER Crimp "er (-r ), n.

Defn: One who, or that which, crimps; as: (a ) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. (b ) A device for giving hair a wavy apperance. (c ) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.

CRIMPLE

Crim "ple (krm "p'l ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimpled (-p'ld ); p. pr. &vb. n. Crimpling (-plng ).] Etym: [Dim. of crimp, v. t. ]

Defn: To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. [R.] Wiseman.

CRIMPY

CRIMPY Crimp "y (krmp "), a.

Defn: Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.

New American Oxford Dictionary

crimp

crimp |krimp krɪmp | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 compress (something ) into small folds or ridges: she crimped the edge of the pie. • connect (a wire or cable ) by squeezing the end or ends. • (often as adj. crimped ) make waves in (someone's hair ) with a curling iron: crimped blond hair. 2 informal have a limiting or adverse effect on (something ): farmers complain that the drought could crimp their income potential. ▶noun 1 a curl, wave, or folded or compressed edge: this cascade of delicate crimps depends on a perm | the wool had too much crimp to be used in weaving. • a small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together. 2 informal a restriction or limitation: the crimp on take-home pay has been even tighter since taxes were raised. PHRASES put a crimp in informal have an adverse effect on: well, that puts a crimp in my theory. DERIVATIVES crimp er noun, crimp y adjective ORIGIN Old English gecrympan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krimpen ‘shrink, wrinkle. ’ Of rare occurrence before the 18th cent. , the word was perhaps reintroduced from Low German or Dutch.

Crimplene

Crimplene |ˈkrɪmpliːn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] trademark a synthetic crease-resistant fibre and fabric. ORIGIN 1950s: perhaps from the name of the Crimple valley in Yorkshire, site of the ICI laboratory where the fabric was developed, + -ene .

Oxford Dictionary

crimp

crimp |krɪmp | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 compress (something ) into small folds or ridges: she crimped the edge of the pie. • connect (a wire or cable ) by squeezing the end or ends: pliers will crimp wires together. • (often as adj. crimped ) make waves in (someone's hair ) with a hot iron: crimped blonde hair. 2 N. Amer. informal have a limiting or adverse effect on (something ): his zeal about his career can crimp the rest of his life. ▶noun 1 a folded or compressed edge. • a small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together. 2 N. Amer. informal a restriction or limitation: the crimp on take-home pay has been even tighter since taxes were raised. PHRASES put a crimp in N. Amer. informal have an adverse effect on: well, that puts a crimp in my theory. DERIVATIVES crimpy adjective ORIGIN Old English gecrympan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krimpen ‘shrink, wrinkle ’. Of rare occurrence before the 18th cent. , the word was perhaps reintroduced from Low German or Dutch.

crimper

crimp ¦er |ˈkrɪmpə | ▶noun 1 a person or thing that crimps. 2 informal a hairdresser.

Crimplene

Crimplene |ˈkrɪmpliːn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] trademark a synthetic crease-resistant fibre and fabric. ORIGIN 1950s: perhaps from the name of the Crimple valley in Yorkshire, site of the ICI laboratory where the fabric was developed, + -ene .

American Oxford Thesaurus

crimp

crimp verb crimp the edges of the pie crust: pleat, flute, corrugate, ruffle, fold, crease, crinkle, pucker, gather; pinch, compress, press together, squeeze together.

crimped

crimped adjective crimped blond hair: curly, wavy, curled, frizzy.

Oxford Thesaurus

crimp

crimp verb 1 she crimped the edges of her two pies: flute, pleat, corrugate, ruffle, furrow, groove, ridge, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crumple, pucker, gather; pinch, press together, squeeze together; Brit. rare ruckle. 2 her hair had been crimped by the tight ribbons: curl, crinkle, kink, frizz, frizzle, coil, corkscrew, wave.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

crimp

crimp /krɪmp /動詞他動詞 1 〈布紙パイの皮など〉に折り目を付ける, ひだ [しわ ]を付ける .2 ｟米｠〈物事〉を妨害する .3 (こてなどで )〈髪の毛〉を軽くカールさせる .4 〈革など〉に型を付ける .名詞 1 C U ひだ, しわ (になったもの ); 折り目 (を付けること ).2 〖～s 〗カールした髪 .p ù t a cr í mp in A ｟米くだけて｠A 〈計画理論など〉を狂わす, 妨げる .

crimplene

crim plene /krɪ́mplìːn /名詞 U ｟商標｠クリンプリーン〘しわが寄らない合成繊維〙.