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 t ...
, a bent corner of a card to facilitate cheating
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Crimp (joining)
In metalworking, crimping is a method of joining two or more pieces of metal or other ductile material by deforming one or both of them to hold the other. The bend or deformity is called the crimp.
Wire connectors
The metals are joined via ...
, a deformity in metal used to make a join
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Crimp (recruitment) 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)
Wool classing is the production of uniform, predictable, low-risk lines of wool, carried out by examining the characteristics of the wool in its raw state and classing (grading) it accordingly. Wool classing is done by a wool classer.
Basis for ...
, the number of bends per unit of length
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Crimp (electrical), 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, a method of styling hair
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Staple remover, 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, fil ...
(1944-2019), American writer, curator, and art historian
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Martin Crimp Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
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(born 1956), British playwright
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