Crimp or crimping may refer to:
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Crimp (climbing), a small hold with little surface area
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Crimp (gambling)
In gambling terminology a crimp is a bend that has been intentionally made on the corner(s) of a playing card to facilitate identification.
A card cheat will typically bend some of the important cards during the game. Below are just several of th ...
, a bent corner of a card to facilitate cheating
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Crimp (joining), a deformity in metal used to make a join
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Crimp (recruitment)
Shanghaiing or crimping is the practice of kidnapping people to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as ''crimps''. The related term ''press gang'' ...
or shanghaiing, to shanghai or conscript men as sailors
*A style of song in the British comedy series
''The Mighty Boosh'' (TV series)
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Crimp (wool), the number of bends per unit of length
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Crimp (electrical)
An electrical crimp is a type of solderless electrical connection.
Crimp connectors are typically used to terminate stranded wire. The benefits of crimping over soldering and wire wrapping include:
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, a type of solderless connection
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Crimping pliers, tools for squeezing things together
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Grain crimping, an organic way to preserve feed grain
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Hair crimping
Hair crimping is a method of styling usually straight, long hair so that it becomes wavy, often in a sawtooth / zig-zag fashion. In the Southern United States, it is usually referred to as crimping, but also can be called crinkles or deep waves.
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, a method of styling hair
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Staple remover
A staple remover (also known as a destapler) is a device that allows for the quick removal of a staple from a material without causing damage. The best-known form of staple remover, designed for light-gauge staples, consists of two opposing, pi ...
, also known as a "crimper"
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Crimp, Cornwall, a hamlet in England, United Kingdom
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Douglas Crimp
John Douglas Crimp (August 19, 1944 July 5, 2019) was an American art historian, critic, curator, and AIDS activist. He was known for his scholarly contributions to the fields of postmodern theories and art, institutional critique, dance, film ...
(1944-2019), American writer, curator, and art historian
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Martin Crimp (born 1956), British playwright
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