1. to press or pinch into small folds or ridges
2. to curl or wave hair tightly
3. to hinder or restrict something
Usage: informal

1. a fold, pleat, or wave pressed into something
2. a person who tricks others into military or naval service
Usage: archaic

Examples

• She used a fork to crimp the edges of the pie crust.
• The hairstylist will crimp your hair for the 1980s party.
• Bad weather could crimp our vacation plans.
• The fabric had a decorative crimp along the hem.
• There’s a crimp in the metal pipe where it was bent.
• The rain put a crimp in our picnic plans.