v.
  - compress into small folds or ridges. 
▸connect by squeezing together.
 ▸
[often as adj. crimped]
 make waves in (hair) with a hot iron.
 - 
(also put a crimp in)
 N. Amer. informal have a limiting or adverse effect on.
 
n.
  - a curl, wave, or folded or compressed edge.
 - a small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together.
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE gecrympan, of Gmc origin.