hair crimper

1 4.4

A tool that uses heat to make hair wavy

noun
/hɛr ˈkrɪmpər/

: rizador

After styling, he carefully unplugged the hair crimper to let it cool down.

Examples

The hair crimper worked wonders, giving her hair beautiful crimped patterns.
She used the hair crimper to add waves to her straight hair for the party.
Her dog got burnt by a hair crimper.

World's Greatest Dad (2009)

Synonyms

curler

vshair crimper

14 2.8

A small roll you put in hair to make curls or waves

uses heat to make waves or sawtooth patterns instead of wrapping hair

crimper

vshair crimper

1 7.0

A tool that makes small wavy curls in hair

is the heated appliance mainly used to form wavy or sawtooth patterns

hair curler

vshair crimper

1 2.2

A small round tube you wrap hair around to make it stay curved or wavy

creates waves or sawtooth patterns by applying heat rather than winding

crimping iron

vshair crimper

1 6.1

A hot tool that makes small waves in hair

is the heated appliance for creating general wavy or sawtooth hair patterns

How Wavy

perm

32 3.2

hair crimper

1 4.4

curling iron

10 3.3

hair drier

1.6

Surface Forms

hair crimper singular

hair crimpers plural

Morphology

hair + crimper

The meaning 'an appliance to create wavy or crimped patterns in hair' is directly and compositionally derived from 'hair' (the target) + 'crimper' (a tool that creates crimps). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows a common cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Hair crimper gets its name from how the tool works: hot plates with ridges press the hair so the crimper makes small, zigzag folds. That's why a hair crimper is used to give hair a 'wavy' or 'crinkled' look.