crimps is a form of:

Crimp



noun
1.
(anything crimped) អ្នកប្រមូលដោយដើរហៅ hair crimp សក់រួញ, a crimp in sheet metal ស្នាមជុច
verbpast tense: crimped ; past participle: crimped ; present participle: crimping ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (To press into small folds or ridges, to hamper, to make (air, etc) wavy, to pinch together) ចាប់ទាហាន (ចាប់យកទៅធ្វើទាហាន) crimp paper ធ្វើឱ្យអង្កាញ់ជ្រួញចូលគ្នា, crimp hair អ៊ុត, crimp meat ឆ្កូត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A coal broker.
2.
One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
3.
A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
4.
Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
5.
A game at cards.
adjective
1.
Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
2.
Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
verbpast tense: crimped ; past participle: crimped ; present participle: crimping ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To pinch and hold; to seize.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.
5.
(TRANSITIVE) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc.