crimper

noun

1. someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers
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 curlers is not a pretty sight"
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."