<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to press into small regular folds; make wavy.</li><li>to curl (hair), especially with the use of a curling iron.</li><li>to check, restrain, or inhibit; hinder: Production was crimped by a shortage of workers.</li><li>to pinch and press down the edges of (a pie crust), especially to seal together the top and bottom layers of pastry.</li><li>to produce a corrugated surface in; corrugate, as sheet metal, cardboard, etc.</li><li>to bend (leather) into shape.</li><li>to fold the edges of (sheet metal) to make a lock seam.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of crimping.</li><li>a crimped condition or form.</li><li>waves or curls, especially in hair that has been crimped or that displays a crimped pattern.</li><li>the waviness of wool fibers as naturally grown on sheep.</li><li>the waviness imparted to natural or synthetic fibers by weaving, knitting, plaiting, or other processes.</li><li>a crease formed in sheet metal or plate metal to make the material less flexible or for fastening purposes.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>