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Noun: crimper  krim-pu(r)
  1. Someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
    - crimp
     
  2. A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
    "a woman with her head full of crimpers is not a pretty sight";
    - curler, hair curler, roller
     
  3. A hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other.
    "Stripped wire (often stranded) is inserted through the correctly sized opening of the connector, and a crimper is used to tightly squeeze the opening against the wire.";
    - crimping pliers

Derived forms: crimpers

Type of: abductor, kidnaper [US], kidnapper, mechanical device, pair of pliers, pliers, plyers, snatcher

Encyclopedia: Crimper