crimp in Turkish

We got one translation of crimp in English-Turkish dictionary with synonyms, definitions, examples of usage and pronunciation.

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Verb

  • Infinitive: (to) crimp
  • Present: crimp / crimps
  • Preteritum: crimped
  • Perfektum: (have) crimped

Noun

  • Singular: crimp
  • Plural: crimps

Derived terms for crimp

crimpledcrimperscrimpscrimpy

Definitions of crimp

Noun

1. A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
2. A coal broker.
3. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
4. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
5. A hairstyle which has been crimped, or shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
6. A game of cards.
7. An agent making it his business to procure seamen, soldiers, etc. , especially by seducing, decoying, entrapping, or impressing them. Since the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, applied to one who infringes sub-section 1 of this Act, i. e. to a person other than the owner, master, etc. , who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.

Verb

1. To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
2. To style hair into a crimp.
3. To join the edges of food products. For example: Cornish pasty, pies, jiaozi, Jamaican patty, and sealed crustless sandwich.
4. To impress seamen or soldiers; to entrap, to decoy.

Adjektive

1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.

Examples of usage

  • The strap was held together by a simple metal crimp.
  • He crimped the wire in place.
  • Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. — Carlyle.
  • Dampen the edges of the pastry in the dish with a little cold water, cover with the lid, press the edges firmly together, and crimp to decorate.

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