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Meanings of crimp in English

Portuguese
dobra
Catalan
replec

An angular or rounded shape made by folding.

dobra
Portuguese
frisar
Catalan
arrissar-se
Spanish
retorcer

Curl tightly.

frisar

Someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers.

Make ridges into by pinching together.

Usage of crimp in English
1
For example, left hand to blue crimp, right foot to green pinch.
Climbing Magazine
2
It has also taken measures to crimp exports of artificial intelligence software.
Reuters
3
Close and crimp the edges nicely, and fry the rissoles in butter.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
4
Every time you crimp hard on a hold, you feel the pain.
Climbing Magazine
5
Near the top, she faced a long reach to a greasy crimp.
Climbing Magazine
6
In some states, wildfire concerns are putting a crimp on public displays.
Wired
7
Full crimp is trained second to ensure you're warmed up for it.
Climbing Magazine
8
We do this two ways: by closing a crimp and by squeezing.
Climbing Magazine
9
Traders are already easing into the reforms that could crimp those profits.
Reuters
10
Crashing the bike would put a real crimp in my rescue effort.
Seven up
11
I bouldered up, latched the heinous left-hand crimp and set my feet.
Rock and Ice Magazine
12
Re-adjusting until the crimp felt solid, I knew I was in it.
Climbing Magazine
13
The inverse crimp can be very effective on small cobbles and crystals.
Climbing Magazine
14
Prick them with a fork, and crimp or scollop the edges neatly.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
15
Tyler's illness has definitely put a crimp in my plans with Shane!
Sahm I am
16
I almost stuck the stab to a crimp move off a toe-hook.
Climbing Magazine
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Translations for crimp
Crimp through the time
Crimp across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common