crimp
卷曲,压接,卷边,卷绕
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Definitions
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- : to press into small regular folds; make wavy.
- : to curl, especially with the use of a curling iron.
- : to press or draw together, as the ends of something.
- : to check, restrain, or inhibit; hinder: Production was crimped by a shortage of workers.
- : Cooking. to pinch and press down the edges of, especially to seal together the top and bottom layers of pastry.to gash with a knife to make more crisp when cooked.
- : to produce a corrugated surface in; corrugate, as sheet metal, cardboard, etc.
- : to bend into shape.
- : Metalworking. to bend the edges of before forming into a tube.to fold the edges of to make a lock seam.
- 1
- : the act of crimping.
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Examples
Number two is that immigration constraints have put a crimp on access to labor.
Fold over the edges and crimp, then trim any remaining excess.
That would put a real crimp in the dating seminars of a man who actively encourages abusive behavior toward women.
It might also put a bit of a crimp in the economies of states like New York and Delaware.
The lockout may not put a crimp in the day of the typical sports fan.
Hydraulic fracking is helping put a crimp on Russian Oligarchs, extending even to the Kremlin.
Whether or not Black Hood's unexpected appearance at that meeting had put a crimp in those plans, he did not know.
On this particular summer afternoon Cove City was less out of crimp than usual.
Ruth was always keyed up about something—delighted, and Cy was always "putting a crimp" in things.
Some of the men thought we ought to be vindictive and take every opportunity to put a crimp in the business for the owners.
They say he give a screech that'd put a crimp in the devil himself, and went galloping off, jumping about twenty feet at a lick.