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Definition of "crimps" [crimps]

  • Plural form of crimp. (noun)

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Use "crimps" in a sentence
  • "It seemed to me that we might have kept on along the trail and had a mighty good time, getting more and more nimble and stopping now and then to bake a pie and have a decent meal, and putting up our hair in crimps at night, without worrying about other folks 'affairs."
  • "Amanda tells me too, that all day long they were pent up, up stairs, patient martyrs to 'crimps,' (Mr. Toby can't bear me in 'crimps' - says I look like the head of Medusa - horrid man!) - that the entire toilette was arranged."
  • "If you watch WTC-7 come down on video, it's collapse follows the usual pattern associated with demolition, as central interior columns are taken out first, the building 'crimps' or appears to fold in on itself, then comes down."