v. & n.
--v.tr.
1. compress into small folds or ridges; frill.
2 make narrow wrinkles or flutings in; corrugate.
3 make waves in (the hair) with a hot iron.
--n. a crimped thing or form.
Phrases and idioms:
put a crimp in US sl. thwart; interfere with.
Derivatives:
crimper n. crimpy adj. crimpily adv. crimpiness n.
Etymology: ME, prob. ult. f. OHG krimphan