Akademik

crimper

noun

1. someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

• Syn: ↑crimp

• Hypernyms: ↑kidnapper, ↑kidnaper, ↑abductor, ↑snatcher

2. a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it

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a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight

• Syn: ↑curler, ↑hair curler, ↑roller

• Derivationally related forms: ↑roll (for: ↑roller), ↑curl (for: ↑curler)

• Hypernyms: ↑mechanical device

Useful english dictionary. 2012.