Meanings
plural crimpers
- A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers.
- A person who crimps when climbing.
- UKA hairdresser.
- Someone who adds pleats to fabric for clothes, drapery, etc.
- A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
Synonyms: crimping tool, crimping pliers
- An instrument for crimping or ruffling pastry when making a pie.
- A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
nouna mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
nouna 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.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From crimp + -er (agent noun suffix) or, for the climbing hold, + -er (patient suffix).
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crimper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crimper
“crimper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crimper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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