- 1crimp something to press cloth or paper into small folds
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- 2crimp something (informal) to restrict the growth or development of something Shrinking state revenues have crimped security budgets.
- 3crimp something to make curls in someone's hair by pressing it with a heated tool
crimp
verbNAmE//krɪmp//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they crimp he / she / it crimps
past simple crimped
-ing form crimping
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