To bend back or inward; draw together; contract or cause to contract or shrink; corrugate. SpecificallyTo bend (the uppers of boots) into shape.To indent (a cartridge-case), or turn the end inward and back upon the head, in order to confine the charge; crease.To cause to contract and pucker so as to become wrinkled, wavy, or crisped, as the hair; form into short curls or ruffles; flute; ruffle.In cookery, to crimple or cause to contract or wrinkle, as the flesh of a live fish or of one just killed, by gashing it with a knife, to give it greater firmness and make it more crisp when cooked.To pinch and hold; seize.To kidnap; decoy for the purpose of shipping or enlisting, as into the army or navy. See the extract.To be very stingy.n. That which has been crimped or curled; a curl or a waved lock of hair: generally used in the plural.n. A crimper.n. One who brings persons into a place or condition of restraint, in order to subject them to swindling, forced labor, or the like; especially, one who, for a commission, supplies recruits for the army or sailors for ships by nefarious means or false inducements; a decoy; a kidnapper. Such practices have been suppressed in the army and navy, and made highly penal in connection with merchant ships.n. A certain game at cards.Easily crumbled; friable; brittle; crisp.Not consistent; contradictory.